01396nas a2200397   4500000000100000008004100001260001700042653001500059653001000074653000900084653001000093653002100103653001100124653001200135653001100147653001100158653001300169653001200182653000900194653001600203653002500219653000900244100001500253700002200268700001500290700001600305700001400321700001600335700001400351245008700365300001200452490000700464050003200471520048100503022001400984       1990                            d  c1990 Jul-Sep10aAdolescent10aAdult10aAged10aChild10aChild, Preschool10aFemale10aHousing10aHumans10aInfant10aLepromin10aleprosy10aMale10aMiddle Aged10aMycobacterium leprae10aSkin1 aBhatia V N1 aDhandayuthapani S1 aAnanthan D1 aRajendran M1 aVasanth B1 aJayasingh K1 aKumar C H00aSub-clinical infection with Mycobacterium leprae in household contacts of leprosy.  a296-3040 v62  aInfolep Library - available3 a<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>  a0254-9395