Peptides Derived from Mycobacterium leprae ML1601c Discriminate between Leprosy Patients and Healthy Endemic Controls

Figure 5

Production of IL-1β (a), IL-6 (b), IP-10 (c), TNF-α (d), and MCP-1 (e) in response to selected ML1601c peptides measured after 24 h culture of undiluted whole blood derived from 34 Ethiopian healthy controls (ECs) derived from areas with low endemicity for leprosy (EC_low:𝑛=16) or from areas highly endemic for leprosy (EC_high:𝑛=18).

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