Table 5.

Delayed type hypersensitivity in intradermic reaction positive and negative volunteers in VT vaccinated and controls.

IDRa in mm polyvalent leishmanine average ± standard deviation (patients)
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.