@article{16308,
  keywords = {Adolescent, Adult, Child, Humans, leprosy, Middle Aged, Mycobacterium leprae, Skin},
  author = {Sahni U and Reddy B S and Malik R},
  title = {Clinico-pathological study of so-called immune zones in leprosy.},
  abstract = {<p>The clinical, bacteriological and histopathological features were studied in 20 cases of Leprosy (10 LL + 10 BL) from the so-called immune zones i.e. axilla, groin, and a narrow transverse band of skin over the lumbosacral region of the body. Apparently uninvolved skin over the chest was studied as control site. In the so-called immune sites, the clinical lesions of leprosy were noted in 40% of the cases (7 LL + 1 BL), AFB (both solid and granular forms) were detected in the smears of 45% cases (8 LL + 1 BL) and the histopathological evidence of the disease was observed in almost all the sites studied (100%). The results obtained in the present study revealed that practically no area on the surface of skin is immune to leprosy.</p>},
  year = {1982},
  journal = {Leprosy in India},
  volume = {54},
  pages = {256-62},
  month = {1982 Apr},
  issn = {0024-1024},
  language = {eng},
}