@article{9266,
  keywords = {Adolescent, Adult, Antibodies, Bacterial, Child, Child, Preschool, Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay, Female, Humans, Immunity, Cellular, Immunoglobulin M, Lepromin, leprosy, Male, Middle Aged, Mycobacterium leprae},
  author = {Dhandayuthapani S and Anandan D and Bhatia V N},
  title = {ELISA & lepromin skin tests in household contacts of leprosy patients.},
  abstract = {<p>A total of 438 household contacts of leprosy patients and 228 non-contacts were studied for anti-PGL-I antibodies and cell mediated immune response to Mycobacterium leprae using ELISA and lepromin tests. The contacts showed relatively higher positivity to ELISA (29.4%) and lepromin (70.5%) as compared to non-contacts who showed 9.6 and 57 per cent positivity. In contacts as well as non-contacts the seropositivity was not found to be influenced by age and sex. However, seropositivity was higher (39.7%) in the contacts of patients with multibacillary leprosy as compared to contacts (27.7%) of patients with paucibacillary leprosy.</p>},
  year = {1990},
  journal = {The Indian journal of medical research},
  volume = {91},
  pages = {431-6},
  month = {1990 Nov},
  issn = {0971-5916},
  language = {eng},
}