@article{13853,
  keywords = {Adolescent, Adult, Antigens, Bacterial, Female, Humans, Hypersensitivity, Delayed, Lepromin, leprosy, Male, Middle Aged, Reference Standards},
  author = {Sengupta U and Ramu G and Desikan K V},
  title = {Assessment of Dharmendra antigen. II. Standardisation of the antigens.},
  abstract = {<p>Dharmendra antigen with different bacterial counts (16, 12.5, 10, 7.5, 5 and 2.5 million/ml) have been utilized for determination of skin delayed hypersensitivity in leprosy patients. It has been noted that antigen with 10 million acid fast bacilli (AFB)/ml mounts a standard early (24 hrs) as well as late (3 weeks) reaction in patients. Lepromatous patients do not show any skin reaction with this dilution. Thus, a standard Dharmendra antigen has been prepared using a considerably smaller number of organisms as compared to the International standards for Mitsuda antigen.</p>},
  year = {1979},
  journal = {Leprosy in India},
  volume = {51},
  pages = {316-22},
  month = {1979 Jul},
  issn = {0024-1024},
  language = {eng},
}