Mycobacterium leprae-Induced Interferon- Production by Household Contacts of Leprosy Patients: Association with the Development of Active Disease

Classification of leprosy according to immunity. A five-group system.

1966 • 2,459 citations

Use of monoclonal antibodies as sensitive and specific probes for biologically active human gamma-interferon.

1984 • 130 citations

Subclinical Infection in Leprosy

1973 • 114 citations

An analysis of in vitro T cell responsiveness in lepromatous leprosy.

1985 • 86 citations

Immune response to M. leprae of healthy leprosy contacts.

1972 • 31 citations

Impact of MDT on incidence rates of leprosy among household contacts. Part 1. Baseline data.

1989 • 21 citations

Immune-specific gamma interferon production correlates with lymphocyte blastogenesis

1986 • 15 citations

Lymphocyte transformation test in healthy contacts of patients with leprosy. I. Influence of exposure to leprosy within a household.

1979 • 11 citations

Asymptomatic infections in leprosy.

1965 • 10 citations

Immunological responsiveness to M. leprae and BCG antigens in 98 leprosy patients and their household contacts.

1988 • 8 citations

Immunoepidemiological studies on subclinical infection among leprosy household contacts in Thailand.

1989 • 8 citations

Cell-mediated immunologic status of healthy members of families with a history of leprosy.

1975 • 7 citations

Similar alteractions of lymphoblastic dedifferentiation in lepromatous leprosy patients and their healthy lepromin-negative consanguineous offspring.

1973 • 6 citations

IMMUNE RESPONSIVENESS TO MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE OF HEALTHY HUMANS. APPLICATION OF THE LEUCOCYTE MIGRATION INHIBITION TEST

1974 • 5 citations