Experimental Infection of Rhodnius prolixus (Hemiptera, Triatominae) with Mycobacterium leprae Indicates Potential for Leprosy Transmission

Leprosy is a chronic dermato-neurological disease caused by infection with Mycobacterium leprae. In 2013 almost 200,000 new cases of leprosy were detected around the world. Since the first symptoms take from years to decades to appear, the total number of asymptomatic patients is impossible to predi...

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Autores principales: Neumann, Arthur da Silva, Dias, Felipe de Almeida, Ferreira, Jéssica da Silva, Fontes, Amanda Nogueira Brum, Rosa, Patricia Sammarco, Macedo, Rafael Enrique, Oliveira, José Henrique, Teixeira, Raquel Lima de Figueiredo, Pessolani, Maria Cristina Vidal, Moraes, Milton Ozório, Suffys, Philip Noel, Oliveira, Pedro L., Sorgine, Marcos Henrique Ferreira, Lara, Flavio Alves
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/PMC4874629/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27203082
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0156037

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4874629/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27203082
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0156037

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