00994nas a2200229   4500000000100000008004100001260001300042653002400055653001100079653001300090653001200103653002500115653001500140653002000155100001900175245012000194300001100314490000700325050003200332520038600364022001400750       1981                            d  c1981 Oct10aAntigens, Bacterial10aHumans10aLepromin10aleprosy10aMycobacterium leprae10aSkin Tests10aTuberculin Test1 aChatterjee B R00aSkin test response to M. leprae precursor coccoid organisms in a high leprosy endemic area as compared to lepromin.  a566-790 v53  aInfolep Library - available3 a<p>The paper describes the results on several hundred skin tests on humans using antigens from leprosy derived non-acid fast coccoid organisms, and a mycobacterium that grew out of one of the coccoid organisms. Early skin test response to the cytoplasmic fraction of one of the leprosy derived, non-acid fast, coccoid organism was very highly correlated with standard lepromin.</p>  a0024-1024