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SUBMITTER: van Hooij A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6298962 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
van Hooij Anouk A Tjon Kon Fat Elisa M EM Batista da Silva Moises M Carvalho Bouth Raquel R Cunha Messias Ana Caroline AC Gobbo Angélica Rita AR Lema Tsehaynesh T Bobosha Kidist K Li Jinlan J Weng Xiaoman X Salgado Claudio G CG Spencer John S JS Corstjens Paul L A M PLAM Geluk Annemieke A
Scientific reports 20181218 1
Leprosy remains persistently endemic in several low- or middle income countries. Transmission is still ongoing as indicated by the unabated rate of leprosy new case detection, illustrating the insufficiency of current prevention methods. Therefore, low-complexity tools suitable for large scale screening efforts to specifically detect M. leprae infection and diagnose disease are required. Previously, we showed that combined detection of cellular and humoral markers, using field-friendly lateral f ...[more]