@article{16639,
  keywords = {B-Lymphocytes, Humans, leprosy, Leukocyte Count, T-Lymphocytes},
  author = {Selezneva S P and Podoplelov I I},
  title = {[Content of T- and B-lymphocytes in the blood of patients with polar types of leprosy].},
  abstract = {<p>The content of T and B lymphocytes in the peripheral blood of patients with polar types of leprosy and healthy adults was determined. The lepromatous (severe) form of leprosy was found to be accompanied by a sharp decrease in the percentage of T lymphocytes, while the percentage of B lymphocytes perceptibly increased. In patients with the tuberculoid type of leprosy only an insignificant decrease in the percentage of T lymphocytes was observed, while the level of B lymphocytes remained normal. These data indicate that in the severe form of leprosy cellular immunity is deeply suppressed, and the nonspecific stimulation of humoral immunity occurs.</p>},
  year = {1980},
  journal = {Zhurnal mikrobiologii, epidemiologii, i immunobiologii},
  pages = {62-4},
  month = {1980 Jan},
  issn = {0372-9311},
  language = {rus},
}