Natural environmental water sources in endemic regions of northeastern Brazil are potential reservoirs of viable Mycobacterium leprae

BACKGROUND: The detection of live Mycobacterium leprae in soil and animals other than humans suggests that the environment plays a role in the transmission of leprosy. OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to investigate the presence of viable M. leprae in natural water sources used by the loca...

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Autores principales: Arraes, Maria Luisa Bezerra de Macedo, de Holanda, Maísa Viana, Lima, Luana Nepomuceno Gondim Costa, Sabadia, José Antônio Beltrão, Duarte, Cynthia Romariz, Almeida, Rosa Livia Freitas, Kendall, Carl, Kerr, Ligia Regina Sansigolo, Frota, Cristiane Cunha
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5719548/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29211240
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/0074-02760170117

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5719548/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29211240
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/0074-02760170117

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