Peptides Derived from Mycobacterium leprae ML1601c Discriminate between Leprosy Patients and Healthy Endemic Controls

The stable incidence of new leprosy cases suggests that transmission of infection continues despite worldwide implementation of MDT. Thus, specific tools are needed to diagnose early stage Mycobacterium leprae infection, the likely sources of transmission. M. leprae antigens that induce T-cell respo...

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Autores principales: Bobosha, Kidist, van der Ploeg-van Schip, Jolien J., Esquenazi, Danuza A., Guimarães, Marjorie M., Martins, Marcia V., Bekele, Yonas, Fantahun, Yonas, Aseffa, Abraham, Franken, Kees L. M. C., Gismondi, Ronaldo C., Pessolani, Maria C. V., Ottenhoff, Tom H. M., Pereira, Geraldo M. B., Geluk, Annemieke
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3272838/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22363349
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/132049

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