Studies on healthy contacts of leprosy patients--a preliminary report.

Ramu, G; Malaviya, G N; Bharadwaj, V P; Sengupta, U; Sinha, S; Ramanathan, V D; Pal, C; Desikan, K V

Studies on healthy contacts of leprosy patients--a preliminary report.

Date

1985-10-01

Authors

Abstract

91 healthy contacts of leprosy patients were studied for subclinical infection and possibly the pre-clinical stage of the disease using a battery of tests. It was observed that the test based on competitive inhibition of monoclonal antibody binding to the MY2 a determinant of M. leprae identifies a preclinical stage of the disease.

Citation

Ramu G, Malaviya GN, Bharadwaj VP, Sengupta U, Sinha S, Ramanathan VD, Pal C, Desikan KV. Studies on healthy contacts of leprosy patients--a preliminary report. Indian Journal of Leprosy. 1985 Oct-Dec; 57(4): 796-803