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Mycobacterium leprae-Specific Antibodies in Multibacillary Leprosy Patients Decrease During and After Treatment With Either the Regular 12 Doses Multidrug Therapy (MDT) or the Uniform 6 Doses MDT

Leprosy serology reflects the bacillary load of patients and multidrug therapy (MDT) reduces Mycobacterium leprae-specific antibody titers of multibacillary (MB) patients. The Clinical Trial for Uniform Multidrug Therapy Regimen for Leprosy Patients in Brazil (U-MDT/CT-BR) compared outcomes of regul...

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Autores principales: Hungria, Emerith M., Bührer-Sékula, Samira, Oliveira, Regiane M., Aderaldo, Lúcio C., Pontes, Maria Araci A., Cruz, Rossilene, de Gonçalves, Heitor S., Penna, Maria L. F., Penna, Gerson O., Stefani, Mariane M. A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5960669/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29867930
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2018.00915