Table 1. Summary description of skin biopsy specimens used in the study.

Patients	Number of skin biopsies	Clinical Forms*
		PB				MB
		I	PNL	TT	BT	BB	BL	LL
Non leprosy	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
leprosy	47	12	1	2	11	5	5	11

*according to the Ridley and Jopling classification. PB-paucibacillary, MB- multibacillary, I-indeterminate, PNL – pure neural leprosy, TT- tuberculoid, BT- borderline tuberculoid, BB- borderline; BL- borderline lepromatous; LL- lepromatous.