A Retrospective Study of Epidemiological Trends of Leprosy in an Urban Leprosy Centre of Madhya Pradesh

Introduction: Leprosy is a chronic infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium Leprae, affecting mainly peripheral nerves and skin. An impressive decline in leprosy prevalence rate (PR) in India is seen in the postMDT era. This study was carried out to find out the trend of leprosy in urban leprosy center of Madhya Pradesh and to interpret this data with respect to different epidemiological variable.