Serological Tests in 150 Cases of Leprosy

Biological false positive Wassermann reactions in Uganda.

“…positive with the Kolmer type WR when the Treponema pallidum immobilization test was positive in only 11 -2 per cent. Many other workers have confirmed the frequency of BFP reactions in leprosy (Cannefax, Ross, and Bancroft, 1959;Nelson, 1952;Daguet and Languillon, 1961). Our findings confirm the high frequency of BFP reactions in leprosy cases, the overall incidence being 22 per cent.…”

“…Most reports indicate that BFP reactors are more common in lepromatous than in tuberculoid leprosy (Edmundson and others, 1954;Daguet and Languillon, 1961), but this does not seem to be true in Uganda, where the BFP rate for lepromatous leprosy was 8 per cent. and for tuberculoid leprosy 23 per cent.…”