A 32-year-old man from rural Maharashtra presents with a single hypopigmented lesion on his left arm with loss of sensation and thickening of the ulnar nerve on the same side. Slit-skin smear is negative for acid-fast bacilli. Which feature would best distinguish his disease from the disseminated form of leprosy?

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