Sub-clinical infection with Mycobacterium leprae in household contacts of leprosy.
Indian J Lepr
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1990 Jul-Sep; 62(3): 296-304
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in English
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| ID: sea-54917
ABSTRACT
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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Main subject:
Skin
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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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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Housing
Language:
English
Journal:
Indian J Lepr
Journal subject:
Tropical Medicine
Year:
1990
Type:
Article
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