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Widespread nasal carriage of Mycobacterium leprae among a healthy population in a hyperendemic region of northeastern Brazil
A case-control study was conducted to determine the presence of Mycobacterium leprae DNA in nasal secretions of leprosy cases and nonleprosy individuals in Fortaleza, Brazil. It included 185 cases identified by physicians at the Dona Libânia National Reference Centre for Sanitary Dermatology (CDERM)...
Autores principales: | Lima, Luana Nepomuceno Gondim Costa, Frota, Cristiane Cunha, Mota, Rosa Maria Salani, Almeida, Rosa Livia Freitas, Pontes, Maria Araci de Andrade, Gonçalves, Heitor de Sá, Rodrigues, Laura Cunha, Kendall, Carl, Kerr, Ligia |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde
2015
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4660619/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26560980 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/0074-02760150178 |
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