Serum Interleukin 6 Level and Nutrition Status as Potential Predictors of Clinical Leprosy Development Among Household Contacts in Endemic Areas

BACKGROUND: Leprosy is a chronic infectious disease that can lead to severe lifelong disabilities. Close contacts of patients with leprosy have a higher risk of acquiring the disease. Nevertheless, there is a lack of reliable markers to predict Mycobacterium leprae infection. We aimed to identify ne...

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Autores principales: Oktaria, Salma, Anfasa, Fatih, Menaldi, Sri Linuwih, Bramono, Kusmarinah, Nijsten, Tamar E C, Thio, Hok Bing
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8883588/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35237701
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofac010

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8883588/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35237701
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofac010

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