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The Challenge of Producing Skin Test Antigens with Minimal Resources Suitable for Human Application against a Neglected Tropical Disease; Leprosy

True incidence of leprosy and its impact on transmission will not be understood until a tool is available to measure pre-symptomatic infection. Diagnosis of leprosy disease is currently based on clinical symptoms, which on average take 3–10 years to manifest. The fact that incidence, as defined by n...

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Autores principales: Rivoire, Becky L., TerLouw, Stephen, Groathouse, Nathan A., Brennan, Patrick J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4038479/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24874086
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0002791