Multibacillary leprosy patients with high and persistent serum antibodies to leprosy IDRI diagnostic-1/LID-1: higher susceptibility to develop type 2 reactions

Leprosy inflammatory episodes [type 1 (T1R) and type 2 (T2R) reactions] represent the major cause of irreversible nerve damage. Leprosy serology is known to be influenced by the patient's bacterial index (BI) with higher positivity in multibacillary patients (MB) and specific multidrug therapy...

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Autores principales: Mizoguti, Danielle de Freitas, Hungria, Emerith Mayra, Freitas, Aline Araújo, Oliveira, Regiane Morillas, Cardoso, Ludimila Paula Vaz, Costa, Mauricio Barcelos, Sousa, Ana Lúcia Maroclo, Duthie, Malcolm S, Stefani, Mariane Martins Araújo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4660621/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26560982
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/0074-02760150198

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