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Fig. 3

From: Social and environmental conditions related to Mycobacterium leprae infection in children and adolescents from three leprosy endemic regions of Colombia

Fig. 3

Influence of index case on M. leprae infection levels. Anti-natural octyl disaccharide-leprosy IDRI diagnostic (NDO-LID) antibody levels in children and adolescents were measured by ELISA, using either protein A, anti- IgM or anti-IgG to detect responses. In a, samples were stratified by reported WHO operational classification of the index case as either MB (n = 66) or PB (n = 16). In b, samples were stratified by estimated duration of exposure to the index leprosy case as either less than 10 years (n = 45) or greater than 10 years (n = 37). Data are displayed as box and whisker plots, with the box representing the Q1 to Q3 interquartile range and the horizontal bar representing the median of the optical density of the samples. Individual dots indicate outliers, and p-values are indicated by the lines above each indicated group

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