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Reading of the Mitsuda test: comparison between diameter and total area by means of a computerized method

The Mitsuda test is a skin test based on the individual’s immune response through late and highly specific hypersensitivity reaction to the Mycobacterium leprae bacillus. A negative reaction identifies individuals who present a higher risk of becoming ill if exposed to M. leprae and, if they become...

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Autores principales: de Alecrim, Edilamar Silva, Chaves, Ana Thereza, Pôrto, Luiz Alberto Bomjardim, Grossi, Maria Aparecida de Faria, Lyon, Sandra, Rocha, Manoel Otávio da Costa
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Instituto de Medicina Tropical 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6376929/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30785559
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1678-9946201961005