ELISA & lepromin skin tests in household contacts of leprosy patients.
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in English
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-19108
ABSTRACT
A total of 438 household contacts of leprosy patients and 228 non-contacts were studied for anti-PGL-I antibodies and cell mediated immune response to Mycobacterium leprae using ELISA and lepromin tests. The contacts showed relatively higher positivity to ELISA (29.4%) and lepromin (70.5%) as compared to non-contacts who showed 9.6 and 57 per cent positivity. In contacts as well as non-contacts the seropositivity was not found to be influenced by age and sex. However, seropositivity was higher (39.7%) in the contacts of patients with multibacillary leprosy as compared to contacts (27.7%) of patients with paucibacillary leprosy.
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IMSEAR (South-East Asia)
Main subject:
Female
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Humans
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Male
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Immunoglobulin M
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Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
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Child
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Child, Preschool
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Adolescent
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Adult
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Immunity, Cellular
Language:
English
Year:
1990
Type:
Article
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