title: Conjugal leprosy: A rarity.
abstract: Leprosy is a chronic infectious disease but conjugal leprosy in India is a rarity. Various hypotheses have been postulated to explain this rare phenomenon. Here we describe a family in South India, three members of which have been confirmed to be suffering from leprosy.
authors.forename: Vandana
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Mehta
authors.forename: Vani
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Vasanth
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Balachandran
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005192:Family Health; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D015440:Leprosy, Lepromatous / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000635:transmission*; D008297:Male