Anti-PGL-1 Positivity as a Risk Marker for the Development of Leprosy among Contacts of Leprosy Cases: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

BACKGROUND: There is no point of care diagnostic test for infection with M. Leprae or for leprosy, although ELISA anti PGL-1 has been considered and sometimes used as a means to identify infection. METHODS: A systematic review of all cohort studies, which classified healthy leprosy contacts, at entr...

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Autores principales: Penna, Maria Lucia F., Penna, Gerson O., Iglesias, Paula C., Natal, Sonia, Rodrigues, Laura C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4871561/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27192199
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004703

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4871561/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27192199
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004703

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