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

BT; borderline tuberculoid leprosy respectively, LL; polar lepromatous leprosy, as per Ridley Jopling classification [2] MLSA: heat killed sonicated armadillo derived M.leprae antigens.**p***p