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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...
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 |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2017
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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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