A 42-year-old woman with borderline tuberculoid leprosy on treatment develops painful nodules, fever, and neuritis with worsening of existing lesions. Biopsy shows epithelioid granulomas with minimal neutrophils and upregulation of T-cell activity. Which feature best distinguishes this Type 1 lepra reaction from Type 2 (ENL)?

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