01081nas a2200265   4500000000100000008004100001260001300042653001200055653002200067653001000089653001100099653001100110653001000121653001200131653001900143653001900162653000900181653002000190100001600210245008700226300001100313490000700324520047000331022001400801       1983                            d  c1983 Dec10aAnimals10aAnimals, Domestic10aChild10aFemale10aHumans10aIndia10aleprosy10aMacaca mulatta10aMacaca radiata10aMale10aMonkey Diseases1 aHagstad H V00aLeprosy in sub-human primates: potential risk for transfer of M. leprae to humans.  a127-310 v103 a<p>Twenty six owned monkeys were examined in Andhra Pradesh, India during the period May-July, 1982. The prevalence rate among humans in daily contact with these monkeys was 98.6/1000. None of the monkeys examined had any evidence of current infection with M. leprae but six were in daily contact with individuals who had leprosy. All six of these monkeys were used for begging and had daily physical contact with large numbers of people, particularly children.</p>  a0377-0168