Postelimination Status of Childhood Leprosy: Report from a Tertiary-Care Hospital in South India

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</svg>)</td><td align="center" colspan="2">Smear status</td></tr><tr class="thead"><td align="center">Positive</td><td align="center">Negative</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left">TT</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">18</td></tr><tr><td align="left">BT</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">13</td></tr><tr><td align="left">BL</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td></tr><tr><td align="left">I</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">2</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Histoid</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td></tr><tr><td align="left" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left">Total (%)</td><td align="center">3 (8.33)</td><td align="center">33 (91.67)</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="3"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

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Table 6: Postelimination Status of Childhood Leprosy: Report from a Tertiary-Care Hospital in South India 