Mean pg/ml ± SD and range of cytokines in culture supernatants of 48 hr MLSA stimulated PBMC from TT/BT and LL patients.

<p>BT; borderline tuberculoid leprosy respectively, LL; polar lepromatous leprosy, as per Ridley Jopling classification <a href="http://www.plosntds.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pntd.0002338#pntd.0002338-Ridley1" target="_blank">[2]</a> MLSA: heat killed sonicated armadillo derived <i>M.leprae</i> antigens.</p>**<p>p<0.001,</p>***<p>p<0.0001 by two tailed Mann Whitney test. 0: below detectable level.