PCR-based techniques for leprosy diagnosis: from the laboratory to the clinic.

• Asıl Yazarlar: Alejandra Nóbrega Martinez (Yazar), Carolina Talhari (Yazar), Milton Ozório Moraes (Yazar), Sinésio Talhari (Yazar)
• Materyal Türü: Kitap
• Baskı/Yayın Bilgisi: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2014-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Konular: article
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In leprosy, classic diagnostic tools based on bacillary counts and histopathology have been facing hurdles, especially in distinguishing latent infection from active disease and diagnosing paucibacillary clinical forms. Serological tests and IFN-gamma releasing assays (IGRA) that employ humoral and...