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Pauci- and Multibacillary Leprosy: Two Distinct, Genetically Neglected Diseases
After sustained exposure to Mycobacterium leprae, only a subset of exposed individuals develops clinical leprosy. Moreover, leprosy patients show a wide spectrum of clinical manifestations that extend from the paucibacillary (PB) to the multibacillary (MB) form of the disease. This “polarization” of...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2016
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4878860/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27219008 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004345 |