Recent Laboratory Advances in Diagnostics and Monitoring Response to Treatment in Leprosy

The present review briefly summarizes the highlights of the recent advances in Mycobacterium leprae-specific tests for early diagnosis of leprosy. In addition to establishing the diagnosis of clinical cases of leprosy, these tests have also been used to detect subclinical infections in endemic popul...

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Autor principal: Sengupta, Utpal
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2019
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Review Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6434766/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30984583
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/idoj.IDOJ_260_18
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spelling pubmed-64347662019-04-12 Recent Laboratory Advances in Diagnostics and Monitoring Response to Treatment in Leprosy Sengupta, Utpal Indian Dermatol Online J Review Article The present review briefly summarizes the highlights of the recent advances in Mycobacterium leprae-specific tests for early diagnosis of leprosy. In addition to establishing the diagnosis of clinical cases of leprosy, these tests have also been used to detect subclinical infections in endemic population. Several attempts have been made from 1980 onward for standardization of specific diagnostic assays for early detection of leprosy. Brief account about the development and use of these assays has been described in this review article. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2019 /pmc/articles/PMC6434766/ /pubmed/30984583 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/idoj.IDOJ_260_18 Text en Copyright: © 2019 Indian Dermatology Online Journal http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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