Quantitative polymerase chain reaction in paucibacillary leprosy diagnosis: A follow-up study.

• Hoofdauteurs: Raquel R Barbieri (Auteur), Fernanda S N Manta (Auteur), Suelen J M Moreira (Auteur), Anna M Sales (Auteur), José A C Nery (Auteur), Lilian P R Nascimento (Auteur), Mariana A Hacker (Auteur), Antônio G Pacheco (Auteur), Alice M Machado (Auteur), Euzenir M Sarno (Auteur), Milton O Moraes (Auteur)
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• Gepubliceerd in: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z.
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OBJECTIVE:The diagnosis of paucibacillary (PB) leprosy cases remains a challenge because of the absence of a confirmatory laboratory method. While quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) has been shown to provide reliable sensitivity and specificity in PB diagnoses, a thorough investigation of...