Sub-clinical infection with Mycobacterium leprae in household contacts of leprosy.
870 household contacts of leprosy patients were examined for sub-clinical infection with M. leprae by smear (skin and nasal), lepromin and FLA-ABS tests. 0.6%, 3.3%, 71.5% and 14.4% of the contacts were found to be positive for skin smear, nasal smear, lepromin and FLA-ABS tests respectively. An analysis of the results revealed that 4% of the lepromin positive contacts and 3.6% of the lepromin negative contacts were positive to both FLA-ABS and skin or nasal smear.
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Central Leprosy Teaching and Research Institute, Tamil Nadu.
Dhandayuthapani
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Ananthan
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Rajendran
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Vasanth
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Jayasingh
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Kumar
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006798:Housing; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007916:Lepromin; D007918:Leprosy / Q000382:microbiology / Q000635:transmission*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009166:Mycobacterium leprae / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012867:Skin / Q000382:microbiology
D007916:Lepromin