TY - JOUR
KW - Adolescent
KW - Adult
KW - Antibodies, Bacterial
KW - Child
KW - Child, Preschool
KW - Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
KW - Female
KW - Humans
KW - Immunity, Cellular
KW - Immunoglobulin M
KW - Lepromin
KW - leprosy
KW - Male
KW - Middle Aged
KW - Mycobacterium leprae
AU - Dhandayuthapani S
AU - Anandan D
AU - Bhatia V N
AB - <p>A total of 438 household contacts of leprosy patients and 228 non-contacts were studied for anti-PGL-I antibodies and cell mediated immune response to Mycobacterium leprae using ELISA and lepromin tests. The contacts showed relatively higher positivity to ELISA (29.4%) and lepromin (70.5%) as compared to non-contacts who showed 9.6 and 57 per cent positivity. In contacts as well as non-contacts the seropositivity was not found to be influenced by age and sex. However, seropositivity was higher (39.7%) in the contacts of patients with multibacillary leprosy as compared to contacts (27.7%) of patients with paucibacillary leprosy.</p>
BT - The Indian journal of medical research
C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2091988?dopt=Abstract
DA - 1990 Nov
J2 - Indian J. Med. Res.
LA - eng
N2 - <p>A total of 438 household contacts of leprosy patients and 228 non-contacts were studied for anti-PGL-I antibodies and cell mediated immune response to Mycobacterium leprae using ELISA and lepromin tests. The contacts showed relatively higher positivity to ELISA (29.4%) and lepromin (70.5%) as compared to non-contacts who showed 9.6 and 57 per cent positivity. In contacts as well as non-contacts the seropositivity was not found to be influenced by age and sex. However, seropositivity was higher (39.7%) in the contacts of patients with multibacillary leprosy as compared to contacts (27.7%) of patients with paucibacillary leprosy.</p>
PY - 1990
SP - 431
EP - 6
T2 - The Indian journal of medical research
TI - ELISA & lepromin skin tests in household contacts of leprosy patients.
VL - 91
SN - 0971-5916
ER -