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Safety and Efficacy Assessment of Two New Leprosy Skin Test Antigens: Randomized Double Blind Clinical Study
BACKGROUND: New tools are required for the diagnosis of pre-symptomatic leprosy towards further reduction of disease burden and its associated reactions. To address this need, two new skin test antigens were developed to assess safety and efficacy in human trials. METHODS: A Phase I safety trial was...
Autores principales: | Rivoire, Becky L., Groathouse, Nathan A., TerLouw, Stephen, Neupane, Kapil Dev, Ranjit, Chaman, Sapkota, Bishwa Raj, Khadge, Saraswoti, Kunwar, Chatra B., Macdonald, Murdo, Hawksworth, Rachel, Thapa, Min B., Hagge, Deanna A., Tibbals, Melinda, Smith, Carol, Dube, Tina, She, Dewei, Wolff, Mark, Zhou, Eric, Makhene, Mamodikoe, Mason, Robin, Sizemore, Christine, Brennan, Patrick J. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2014
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4038488/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24874401 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0002811 |
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