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Household Contacts of Leprosy Patients in Endemic Areas Display a Specific Innate Immunity Profile

Leprosy is a chronic infectious disease, caused by Mycobacterium leprae, that can lead to severe life-long disabilities. The transmission of M. leprae is continuously ongoing as witnessed by the stable new case detection rate. The majority of exposed individuals does, however, not develop leprosy an...

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Autores principales: van Hooij, Anouk, Tió-Coma, Maria, Verhard, Els M., Khatun, Marufa, Alam, Khorshed, Tjon Kon Fat, Elisa, de Jong, Danielle, Sufian Chowdhury, Abu, Corstjens, Paul, Richardus, Jan Hendrik, Geluk, Annemieke
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7431626/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32849645
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2020.01811