TABLE 1.

Major characteristics of study groups

Characteristic	Study group
	Recovered	Active lesions	Non-healing	Healthy controls
No.	17	22	17	15
Age range (yr)	14–55	11–65	11–64	20–50
M/F ratioa	8/9	13/9	12/5	8/7
Mean duration of disease	NDb	4.1 mo	6.3 yr
Mean no. of lesions (range)	3.3c (1–10)	2.1 (1–7)	1.6 (1–6)
No. of patients treated with antimonials	9	7	13

^aMale/female ratio. 

^bND, not determined. 

^cScar.