@article{9516,
  keywords = {Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Child, Child, Preschool, Female, Housing, Humans, Infant, Lepromin, leprosy, Male, Middle Aged, Mycobacterium leprae, Skin},
  author = {Bhatia V N and Dhandayuthapani S and Ananthan D and Rajendran M and Vasanth B and Jayasingh K and Kumar C H},
  title = {Sub-clinical infection with Mycobacterium leprae in household contacts of leprosy.},
  abstract = {<p>870 household contacts of leprosy patients were examined for sub-clinical infection with M. leprae by smear (skin and nasal), lepromin and FLA-ABS tests. 0.6%, 3.3%, 71.5% and 14.4% of the contacts were found to be positive for skin smear, nasal smear, lepromin and FLA-ABS tests respectively. An analysis of the results revealed that 4% of the lepromin positive contacts and 3.6% of the lepromin negative contacts were positive to both FLA-ABS and skin or nasal smear.</p>},
  year = {1990},
  journal = {Indian journal of leprosy},
  volume = {62},
  pages = {296-304},
  month = {1990 Jul-Sep},
  issn = {0254-9395},
  language = {eng},
}