@article{25212, keywords = {Uganda, Male, leprosy, Infant, Humans, Female, Child, Preschool, Child}, author = {White S J and STONE M M and Howland C}, title = {Genetic factors in leprosy: a study of children in Uganda.}, abstract = {

A group of 20 990 children in Uganda was examined for leprosy over a period of 8 years. There was no evidence that the incidence of leprosy varied according to a child's genetic relationship to a leprosy patients, once allowance had been made for the grade of physical contact.

}, year = {1978}, journal = {Journal of hygiene (Lond)}, volume = {80}, pages = {205-16}, month = {1978 Apr}, issn = {0022-1724}, url = {http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2129990/pdf/jhyg00053-0038.pdf}, language = {eng}, }