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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Autores principales: Gaschignard, Jean, Grant, Audrey Virginia, Thuc, Nguyen Van, Orlova, Marianna, Cobat, Aurélie, Huong, Nguyen Thu, Ba, Nguyen Ngoc, Thai, Vu Hong, Abel, Laurent, Schurr, Erwin, Alcaïs, Alexandre
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Review
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

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