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Genetic factors in leprosy: a study of children in Uganda

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

Susan J. White ,
M. Mary Stone  and
C. Howland
Susan J. White
Affiliation:
M.R.C. Statistical Research and Services Unit, 115 Gower Street, London, WC1E 6AS
M. Mary Stone
Affiliation:
M.R.C. Statistical Research and Services Unit, 115 Gower Street, London, WC1E 6AS
C. Howland
Affiliation:
M.R.C. Statistical Research and Services Unit, 115 Gower Street, London, WC1E 6AS
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A group of 20 990 children in Uganda was examined for leprosy over a period of 8 years. There was no evidence that the incidence of leprosy varied according to a child's genetic relationship to a leprosy patient, once allowance had been made for the grade of physical contact.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Hygiene , Volume 80 , Issue 2 , April 1978 , pp. 205 - 216
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1978

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