Interruption of persistent exposure to leprosy combined or not with recent BCG vaccination enhances the response to Mycobacterium leprae specific antigens

Household contacts of multibacillary leprosy patients (HCMB) constitute the group of individuals at the highest risk of developing leprosy. Early diagnosis and treatment of their index cases combined with Bacille Calmette-Guerin (BCG) immunization remain important strategies adopted in Brazil to pre...

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Autores principales: de Carvalho, Fernanda Marques, Rodrigues, Luciana Silva, Duppre, Nádia Cristina, Alvim, Iris Maria Peixoto, Ribeiro-Alves, Marcelo, Pinheiro, Roberta Olmo, Sarno, Euzenir Nunes, Pessolani, Maria Cristina Vidal, Pereira, Geraldo Moura Batista
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2017
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5432189/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28467415
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005560

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5432189/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28467415
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005560

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