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Quantitative polymerase chain reaction in paucibacillary leprosy diagnosis: A follow-up study
OBJECTIVE: The diagnosis of paucibacillary (PB) leprosy cases remains a challenge because of the absence of a confirmatory laboratory method. While quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) has been shown to provide reliable sensitivity and specificity in PB diagnoses, a thorough investigation o...
Autores principales: | Barbieri, Raquel R., Manta, Fernanda S. N., Moreira, Suelen J. M., Sales, Anna M., Nery, José A. C., Nascimento, Lilian P. R., Hacker, Mariana A., Pacheco, Antônio G., Machado, Alice M., Sarno, Euzenir M., Moraes, Milton O. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2019
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6428338/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30835722 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007147 |
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