TY - JOUR KW - Uganda KW - Male KW - leprosy KW - Infant KW - Humans KW - Female KW - Child, Preschool KW - Child AU - White S J AU - STONE M M AU - Howland C AB -

A group of 20 990 children in Uganda was examined for leprosy over a period of 8 years. There was no evidence that the incidence of leprosy varied according to a child's genetic relationship to a leprosy patients, once allowance had been made for the grade of physical contact.

BT - Journal of hygiene (Lond) C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/632562?dopt=Abstract DA - 1978 Apr IS - 2 J2 - J Hyg (Lond) LA - eng N2 -

A group of 20 990 children in Uganda was examined for leprosy over a period of 8 years. There was no evidence that the incidence of leprosy varied according to a child's genetic relationship to a leprosy patients, once allowance had been made for the grade of physical contact.

PY - 1978 SP - 205 EP - 16 T2 - Journal of hygiene (Lond) TI - Genetic factors in leprosy: a study of children in Uganda. UR - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2129990/pdf/jhyg00053-0038.pdf VL - 80 SN - 0022-1724 ER -