@article{11964,
  keywords = {Adolescent, Adult, Antibodies, Bacterial, Antibodies, Monoclonal, Antigen-Antibody Complex, Biopsy, Child, Child, Preschool, Female, Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Humans, Infant, Lepromin, leprosy, Male, Mycobacterium leprae, Nasal Mucosa, Sepsis},
  author = {Ramu G and Malaviya G N and Bharadwaj V P and Sengupta U and Sinha S and Ramanathan V D and Pal C and Desikan K V},
  title = {Studies on healthy contacts of leprosy patients--a preliminary report.},
  abstract = {<p>91 healthy contacts of leprosy patients were studied for subclinical infection and possibly the pre-clinical stage of the disease using a battery of tests. It was observed that the test based on competitive inhibition of monoclonal antibody binding to the MY2 a determinant of M. leprae identifies a preclinical stage of the disease.</p>},
  year = {1985},
  journal = {Indian journal of leprosy},
  volume = {57},
  pages = {796-803},
  month = {1985 Oct-Dec},
  issn = {0254-9395},
  language = {eng},
}