Evaluation of Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) with Slit Skin Smear Examination (SSS) to Confirm Clinical Diagnosis of Leprosy in Eastern Nepal

BACKGROUND: Detection of Mycobacterium leprae in slit skin smear (SSS) is a gold standard technique for the leprosy diagnosis. Over recent years, molecular diagnosis by using PCR has been increasingly used as an alternative for its diagnosis due to its higher sensitivity. This study was carried out...

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Autores principales: Siwakoti, Shraddha, Rai, Keshav, Bhattarai, Narayan Raj, Agarwal, Sudha, Khanal, Basudha
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/PMC5189933/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28027305
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005220

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5189933/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28027305
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005220

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