China Journal of Leprosy and Skin Diseases ›› 2016, Vol. 32 ›› Issue (11): 702-704.

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Does leprosy have the infection immunity as tuberculosis

JIN Guangjie, ZHANG Lianhua   

  1. Jiangsu Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Nanjing 210009, China
  • Online:2016-11-15 Published:2018-12-20
  • Contact: JIN Guangjie, E-mail: jinguangjie0@163.com

Abstract: Infection immunity refers to a immune state in which the body's immunity against pathogens depends on persisting pathogens .It has been proved that infection immunity exists in tuberculosis. This review tries to deduce the existing of infection immunity in leprosy from infection immunity of tuberculosis and published papers about leprosy to prove the infection immunity of leprosy in order to provide a new idea for leprosy research.

Key words: leprosy, infection immunity