Genetic factors in leprosy: a study of children in Uganda.
A group of 20 990 children in Uganda was examined for leprosy over a period of 8 years. There was no evidence that the incidence of leprosy varied according to a child's genetic relationship to a leprosy patients, once allowance had been made for the grade of physical contact.
D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007918:Leprosy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000235:genetics* / Q000635:transmission; D008297:Male; D014454:Uganda