TABLE 1.

Patients' details^a

Patient no.	Sex	Yr of Birth	Town of origin	Leprosy type	Diagnosis	Treatment	Biopsy site 1	Biopsy site 2	PCR result
1	F	1940	Koulikoro	LL	RE	D	L elbow	L elbow	+
2	M	1950	Sikasso	LL	RE	D	L lumbar region	L lumbar region	+
3	M	1951	Ségou	LL	RE	D	Abdomen	Back	+
4	M	1975	Kayes	LL	N	U	L scapula	L scapula	+
5	F	1955	Segou	LL	RE	D	L flank	L flank	−
6	F	1982	Ségou	LL	N	U	L scapula	R Lumbar region	+
7	M	1977	Mopti	LL	N	U	L scapula	R lumbar region	+
8	M	1955	Ségou	LL	RE	D	R scapula	R scapula	+
9	M	1980	Ségou	LL	N	U	R back	L arm	+
10	M	1938	Mopti	LL	N	U	L back	R lumbar region	−
11	F	1971	Bamako	LL	N	U	L lumbar region	L lumbar region	+
12	M	1960	Bamako	LL	RE	D	R back	R lumbar region	+
13	M	1940	Gao	LL	RE	D	R lumbar region	R arm	+
14	F	1945	Mopti	LL	N	U	R lumbar region	L back	+
15	M	1938	Mauritania	LL	N	U	R lumbar region	R lumbar region	+
16	F	1970	Koulikoro	LL	N	U	R back	L lumbar region	+
17	F	1960	Ségou	LL	N	U	R back	R lumbar region	+
18	M	1972	Koulikoro	LL	N	U	L back	L back	+
19	F	1960	Bamako	LL	N	U	L lumbar region	L lumbar region	+
20	F	1983	Bamako	LL	N	U	L back	L back	+
21	F	1975	Sikasso	LL	N	U	L back	L back	+
22	F	1944	Koulikoro	LL	RE	D	R back	R lumbar region	+
23	M	1943	Koulikoro	LL	RE	D	L lumbar region	L lumbar region	+
24	M	1980	Kayes	LL	N	U	L lumbar region	L Lumbar region	+
25	F	1940	Sikasso	LL	RE	D	R lumbar region	L lumbar region	+
26	F	1980	Bamako	LL	N	U	L lumbar region	R lumbar region	+
27	M	1975	Kayes	LL	N	U	L back	L lumbar region	+
28	M	1941	Kayes	LL	RE	D	R breast	R breast	+
29	M	1951	Kayes	LL	N	U	R lumbar region	L lumbar region	+
30	F	1951	Guinea Rep	LL	RE	D	L back	L back	−
31	M	1976	Ségou	LL	N	U	R lumbar region	R lumbar region	+
32	M	1972	Kolokani	LL	N	U	R lumbar region	L lumbar region	+
33	F	1976	Kayes	LL	N	U	L lumbar region	L lumbar region	+
34	M	1953	Kayes	LL	N	U	L lumbar region	L lumbar region	+
35	F	1983	Mopti	LL	N	U	R lumbar region	R forearm	+
36	M	1971	Mopti	BL	N	U	L elbow	R elbow	+
37	M	1938	Koulikoro	LL	N	U	R arm	R arm	+
38	M	1978	Ségou	BL	N	U	L arm	L arm	+
39	M	1965	Koulikoro	LL	RE	D	L back	L back	+
40	M	1983	Kayes	BL	N	U	R back	L back	+
41	M	1971	Sikasso	LL	N	U	L arm	R lumbar region	+
42	M	1986	Mopti	LL	N	U	R elbow	L elbow	+
43	M	1956	Mauritania	LL	N	U	R lumbar region	R lumbar region	+
44	M	1965	Kayes	LL	N	U	R lumbar region	R lumbar region	+
45	M	1946	Sikasso	LL	N	U	L lumbar region	L lumbar region	+

^aM, male; F, female; LL, lepromatous leprosy; BL, borderline leprosy; N, new case; RE, relapse; U, unknown; R, right; L, left.