Table 2.
Frequency of positive/negative anti-PGL-I levels in paucibacillary leprosy index cases and healthy contacts.
| Serum anti-PGL1 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IgM |
IgG |
IgA |
IgM + one or more isotypes |
IgG + IgA |
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| Index cases (n = 21) |
Healthy contacts (n = 340) |
Index cases (n = 21) |
Healthy contacts (n = 340) |
Index cases (n = 21) |
Healthy contacts (n = 340) |
Index cases (n = 21) |
Healthy contacts (n = 340) |
Index cases (n = 21) |
Healthy contacts (n = 340) |
|
| Positive | 7 | 116 | 2 | 39 | 4 | 22 | 3 | 18 | 1 | 6 |
| Negative | 14 | 224 | 19 | 301 | 17 | 318 | 18 | 322 | 20 | 334 |
| Fisher test | p = 1.0 | p = 1.0 | p = 0.055 | p = 0.11 | p = 0.35 | |||||