Specialized active leprosy search strategies in an endemic area of the Brazilian Amazon identifies a hypermutated Mycobacterium leprae strain causing primary drug resistance

INTRODUCTION: Leprosy, an infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium leprae, remains a public health concern in endemic countries, particularly in Brazil. In this study, we conducted an active surveillance campaign in the hyperendemic city of Castanhal in the northeastern part of the state of Pará u...

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Autores principales: Bouth, Raquel Carvalho, Gobbo, Angélica Rita, Barreto, Josafá Gonçalves, do Carmo Pinto, Pablo Diego, Bittencourt, Maraya Semblano, Frade, Marco Andrey Cipriani, Nascimento, Apolônio Carvalho, Bandeira, Sabrina Sampaio, da Costa, Patricia Fagundes, Conde, Guilherme Augusto Barros, Avanzi, Charlotte, Ribeiro-dos-Santos, Ândrea, Spencer, John Stewart, da Silva, Moises Batista, Salgado, Claudio Guedes
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023
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Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10534026/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37780551
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2023.1243571

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