The genetic hypothesis for susceptibility to lepromatous leprosy

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

1966 • 2,459 citations

The Genetics of Human Populations.

1972 • 1,645 citations

The inheritance of liability to certain diseases, estimated from the incidence among relatives

1965 • 1,618 citations

The Genetics of Human Populations

1972 • 1,252 citations

The genetics of human populations

1974 • 764 citations

Leprosy in Theory and Practice

1960 • 227 citations

FAMILIAL PREDISPOSITION IN MAN

1969 • 206 citations

HLA-UNKED GENETIC CONTROL OF HOST RESPONSE TO MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRÆ

1976 • 188 citations

A twin study on leprosy

1973 • 99 citations

THE GENETICAL BACKGROUND OF COMMON DISEASES

1953 • 91 citations

Stigma and the leprosy phenomenon: the social history of a disease in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

1970 • 80 citations

Multiplication of Mycobacterium leprae in the foot-pad of the mouse.

1962 • 42 citations

Histocompatibility Antigens (HL–A) in Leprosy

1975 • 37 citations

The HLA system and leprosy in Thailand

1978 • 36 citations

The HL‐A7 Histocompatibility Antigen in Sarcoidosis Relation to Tuberculin Sensivity

1975 • 30 citations

Segregation analysis for complex modes of inheritance.

1970 • 26 citations

GENETICS AND THE EPIDEMIOLOGY OF LEPROSY I. The Incidence of Leprosy

1962 • 26 citations

Hereditary Characteristic that Varies Among Isolates of Mycobacterium leprae

1971 • 25 citations

On the Etiology of Leprosy.

1875 • 24 citations

Haptoglobins and Leprosy

1967 • 19 citations

Association between HLA‐B7 and Allergic Reactions to Insulin in Insulin‐Dependent Diabetes Mellitus

1977 • 18 citations

Blutgruppen und Lepra bei mo�ambiquanischen V�lkerschaften

1970 • 18 citations

Leprosy in twins.

1966 • 18 citations

IMMUNOLOGICAL IDENTIFICATION OF FOOT-PAD ISOLATES AS MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE BY LEPROMIN REACTIVITY IN LEPROSY PATIENTS

1963 • 18 citations

The Dynamics of the Gc Polymorphism in a Brazilian Population

1965 • 18 citations

Familial Susceptibility as a Factor in the Propagation of Leprosy in North America.

1940 • 17 citations

New Studies on the Relationship Between Blood Groups and Leprosy

1967 • 17 citations

HLA-D typing in 111 multiple sclerosis patients: Distribution of four HLA-D alleles

1977 • 16 citations

Mortality of persons with leprosy prior to sulfone therapy, Cordova and Talisay, Cebu, Philippines.

1954 • 16 citations

Immunological Detection of Sub-clinical Infection in Leprosy

1974 • 15 citations

Hp, Gc, Cp, Tf, Bg and Pi phenotypes in leprosy patients and healthy controls from West Bengal (India)

1972 • 15 citations

Factors influencing the transmission of leprosy

1959 • 15 citations

The genetics of resistance to leprosy.

1965 • 14 citations

The epidemiology of leprosy present status and problems.

1962 • 14 citations

Taste Sensitivity to Phenylthiourea and Leprosy

1964 • 13 citations

AB0 blood groups, inv serum groups, and serum proteins in leprosy patients from West Bengal (India)

1971 • 13 citations

Levels of serum β1c/β1A globulin (C3) and its polymorphism in leprosy patients and healthy controls from Ethiopia and Mali

1974 • 12 citations

Risk of Attack in Leprosy in Relation to Age at Exposure

1945 • 12 citations

HLA antigen and susceptibility to leprosy.

1977 • 12 citations

The trend of liprosy in Cordova and Talisay, Cebu Province, Philipines.

1954 • 10 citations

A Note on Atypical Serum Cholinesterase and Genetic Factors in Leprosy

1973 • 10 citations

A study of various blood group systems in leprosy patients and controls in Cebu, Philippines.

1968 • 9 citations

Leprosy and Blood Groups

1966 • 9 citations

Inv phenotypes and quantitative gamma globulin determinations in leprosy patients and control populations from India and Thailand

1971 • 9 citations

Further studies on associations between leprosy and genetic markers in human serum

1973 • 9 citations

G-6PD Deficiency Among Lepers and Healthy People in Brazil

1968 • 8 citations

Genetic influence in leprosy.

1966 • 8 citations

FAMILIAL SUSCEPTIBILITY TO LEPROSY

1941 • 8 citations

A STUDY OF CONJUGAL LEPROSY.

1965 • 8 citations

A controlled study of polymorphisms in serum globulin and glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency in leprosy.

1968 • 7 citations

SUSCEPTIBILITY AND RESISTANCE IN LEPROSY

1956 • 6 citations

Childhood leprosy--study of prevalence rates and clinical aspects through surveys in Bombay.

1976 • 6 citations

Immune responses to mycobacterium leprae in man.

1975 • 6 citations

Serum Cholinesterase Variants in African Leprosy Patients Resident in Rhodesia

1976 • 6 citations

A proposed study of conjugal leprosy with reference to contagion and hereditary susceptibility.

1948 • 6 citations

A field study of leprosy in Cordova, Philippines; resurvey in 1941 after eight years.

1951 • 6 citations

An Epidemiological Leprosy Survey in Chingleput District of Madras State.

1963 • 6 citations

Study of Sulphone Resistance in Leprosy Patients in India

1976 • 5 citations

THE IMPORTANCE OF FIELD STUDIES OF LEPROSY, WITH ESPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE RISK OF HOUSEHOLD EXPOSURE1

1939 • 5 citations

The association between age of onset and mortality in lepromatous leprosy.

1978 • 5 citations

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

1974 • 5 citations

Secretion of blood group-specific substances in the saliva of leprosy patients.

1967 • 5 citations

The Role of Heredity in the Transmission of Leprosy.

1938 • 5 citations

[Factor N of resistance to leprosy & relation of lepromin & tuberculin reactivity; doubtful value of BCG in immunization to leprosy].

1957 • 4 citations

Studies on the epidemiology of leprosy.

1948 • 3 citations

The Stigma of Leprosy-in Four Countries

1972 • 3 citations

The Trend of Leprosy in Cebu Province, Philippines

1975 • 3 citations

Genetics and Leprosy. A Study of Leprosy in Twins.

1964 • 3 citations

The Age-at-Onset of Leprosy

1964 • 2 citations

Part four: Leprosy and Assortative mating on Mactan Island, Philippines

1977 • 2 citations

Impairment of reactivity to lepromin by mycobacterial antigens related to, or identical with, Mycobacterium leprae

1975 • 1 citations

[S hemoglobin and leprosy (author's transl)].

1974 • 1 citations

Are children the most susceptible to leprosy

1974 • 1 citations