Table 6. Comparison of copy numbers of short tandem repeat loci in biopsies from patients in multicase families in India.
| Household | Relationship between patients | Age | Class | Year | Short tandem repeat loci | ||
| ML2172 | ML2334 | ML0058 | |||||
| A | Father | 38 | LL | 2001 | 8 | 14 | nd |
| daughter | 14 | BL | 2001 | 8 | 14 | nd | |
| B | Brother | 10 | BT | 2000 | 8 | 12 | 2 |
| sister | 12 | BT(rrxn) | 2000 | 8 | 12 | 2 | |
| C | Mother | 28 | LL(rel) | 2004 | 8 | 17 | 2 |
| Brother * | 17 | LL | 2000 | 8 | 17 | 2 | |
| son | 14 | BL | 2003 | 8 | 17 | 2 | |
| D | Mother | 61 | BL(rrxn) | 2003 | 9 | 16 | 2 |
| son | 25 | LL(enl) | 2004 | 9 | 13 | 2 | |
| daughter-in-law | 20 | BT(rrxn) | 2004 | 9 | 13 | 2 | |
| grandson | 6 | BL(rrxn) | 2004 | 9 | 13 | 2 | |
| mother of d-i-law * | 48 | BL | 2004 | 8 | 14 | 1 | |
| E | Husband | 25 | BT(rrxn) | 2003 | 8 | 13 | 2 |
| Wife | 22 | BT | 2004 | 8 | 13 | 2 | |
| F | brother-in-law | 31 | LL(enl) | 2000 | 8 | 13 | 2 |
| brother-in-law ** | 26 | LL(enl) | 2001 | 8 | 13 | 2 | |
| G | Husband | 25 | LL(enl) | 2003 | 10 | 10 | 2 |
| Wife | 20 | BT(rrxn) | 2004 | 12 | 10 | 2 | |
| H | Brother | 21 | LL(enl) | 2002 | 8 | 16 | 3 |
| Brother | 20 | BT | 2004 | 8 | 16 | 3 | |
All members of each family group lived in the same household residence except for individuals marked *, who lived in separate residences nearby, and individual marked ** who lived in another household, in another village. Abbreviations: rrxn = reversal reaction (type 1 reaction); rel = relapse; enl = erythema nodosum leprosum (type 2 reaction).