Genotyping of Mycobacterium leprae for better understanding of leprosy transmission in Fortaleza, Northeastern Brazil.

• Main Authors: Amanda N B Fontes (Author), Luana N G C Lima (Author), Rosa M S Mota (Author), Rosa L F Almeida (Author), Maria A Pontes (Author), Heitor de S Gonçalves (Author), Cristiane C Frota (Author), Varalakshmi D Vissa (Author), Patrick J Brennan (Author), Ricardo J P S Guimaraes (Author), Carl Kendall (Author), Ligia R F S Kerr (Author), Philip N Suffys (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2017-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Leprosy is endemic in large part of Brazil with 28,761 new patients in 2015, the second largest number worldwide and reaches 9/10.000 in highly endemic regions and 2.7/10.000 in the city of Fortaleza, Ceará, Northeast Brazil. For better understanding of risk factors for leprosy transmission, we con...