Table 7. Median and range values of IFN-γ as a potential host biomarker detected in overnight culture supernatant by WBA for the leprosy group and control groups.

Marker/M.leprae Antigens		MB	PB	post-MDT	HHC	EC	TB
IFN-γ/LID-1	Median	44.56	68.76	73.51	49.04	25.9	53.46
	Minimum	0.93	1.78	14.27	1.12	22.18	14.41
	Maximum	502.7	1079	981.3	2036	46.17	411.9
IFN-γ/ML89	Median	23.7	36.72	60.95	48.36	22.18	49.33
	Minimum	0.75	1.29	10.76	0.89	17.31	14.38
	Maximum	710.4	1155	1397	2441	51.63	371.4
IFN-γ/ML2044	Median	37.33	76.14	29.57	38.26	20.38	35.3
	Minimum	0.78	1.78	10.45	0.89	16.45	16.05
	Maximum	1150	1257	606.9	1118	42.44	388
IFN-γ/ML2028	Median	29.73	33.19	25.75	26.83	18.61	32.5
	Minimum	0.75	1.29	10.45	0.85	14.35	14.15
	Maximum	620.1	685.1	900.2	2758	47.79	380.6

Median levels of analytes (pg/ml) and ranges (minimum and maximum) showing accuracies at discriminating between leprosy and controls in overnight culture supernatants for all of the study participants.