TABLE 2.
Responses to L. aethiopica and PPD
| Donors | Responsea to:
|
|
|---|---|---|
| L. aethiopica | PPD | |
| Patients | 1,023 ± 1,919 (0–4,435) | 2,846 ± 3,103 (0–6,389) |
| Cured patients | 8,795 ± 17,387 (77–39,849) | 7,309 ± 4,779 (1600–13182) |
| Endemic controls | 747 ± 1,596 (0–5,496) | 11,458 ± 16,205 (0–45,447) |
| Healthy controls | 264 ± 266 (5–703) | 7,974 ± 6,111 (675–16396) |
a
Means ± standard deviations (ranges) of net counts per minute (counts per minute for antigen-stimulated cells − counts per minute for unstimulated cultures) in L. aethiopica- and PPD-induced cultures. There was no significant difference between the groups and no statistical correlation between the L. aethiopica response and the PPD response within the same individual.