01192nas a2200217   4500000000100000008004100001260001700042653002500059653001100084653001100095653001200106653000900118653001500127100001100142245006400153300001000217490000700227050003200234520069400266022001400960       1992                            d  c1992 Oct-Dec10aColor Vision Defects10aFemale10aHumans10aleprosy10aMale10aPrevalence1 aShwe T00aPrevalence of colour blindness among patients with leprosy.  a483-60 v64  aInfolep Library - available3 a<p>Using Ishihara test plates the prevalence of colour blindness was studied on six hundred and ninety-seven leprosy patients and two hundred and ninety-two normal healthy controls. 7.88% of male patients with tuberculoid leprosy, 12.18% of male patients with lepromatous leprosy, and 0.67% of male controls were detected to be colour blind (red-green deficiency or total colour weakness). The differences between the different groups are significant. Among female patients and controls, only one lepromatous leprosy patient was detected to have red-green deficiency. This suggests the possibility of a genetic predisposition to Mycobacterium leprae infection in patients with leprosy.</p>  a0254-9395