Development of a combined RLEP/16S rRNA (RT) qPCR assay for the detection of viable M. leprae from nasal swab samples

BACKGROUND: Leprosy continues to be a health problem in endemic areas. More than 200,000 new cases of leprosy per year suggest that transmission of the disease is still ongoing, presumably as airborne infection through nasal droplets. Late diagnosis supports continued transmission and increases the...

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Autores principales: Beissner, Marcus, Woestemeier, Anna, Saar, Malkin, Badziklou, Kossi, Maman, Issaka, Amedifou, Charlotte, Wagner, Magdalena, Wiedemann, Franz X., Amekuse, Komi, Kobara, Basile, Herbinger, Karl-Heinz, Kere, Abiba Banla, Löscher, Thomas, Bretzel, Gisela
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
Materias:
Technical Advance
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6714382/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31462296
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-019-4349-9

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