Table 5.
IDRa in mm polyvalent leishmanine average ± standard deviation (patients) | |||||
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Nonvaccinated controls | VTb vaccinated volunteers | ||||
IDR− (69) | IDR+ (18) | IDR− (61) | IDR+ (10) | ||
Pre-VT | Post-VT | Pre-VT | Post-VT | ||
0.07 ± 0.58 | 10.41 ± 5.35 | 0.18 ± 0.8 | 9.03 ± 3.33 | 10.38 ± 4.53 | 13.95 ± 6.42 |
aThe cutoff point to consider an IDR positive was diameter >5 mm.
bVT: Leishmania amastigotes (La, Lv, Lb, and Lch) after TLCK treatment and NP-40 extraction.