Taste Sensitivity to Phenylthiourea Among Leprosy and Filarial Patients in Coastal Andhra Pradesh

Abstract

SummaryTaste blindness for PTC has been studied in (a) 416 leprosy patients and 424 healthy subjects, and (b) 261 filarial patients and 136 normal individuals of both sexes. A significant difference was found between leprosy patients and the healthy control group in the proportion of nontasters (χ2 = 4.096, for 1 DF, P〈0.05). No significant difference could be observed between the filariasis and the control group (χ2 = 0.605, for 1 DF, P〉0.30).