Whole genome sequencing distinguishes between relapse and reinfection in recurrent leprosy cases.

• मुख्य लेखकों: Mariane M A Stefani (लेखक), Charlotte Avanzi (लेखक), Samira Bührer-Sékula (लेखक), Andrej Benjak (लेखक), Chloé Loiseau (लेखक), Pushpendra Singh (लेखक), Maria A A Pontes (लेखक), Heitor S Gonçalves (लेखक), Emerith M Hungria (लेखक), Philippe Busso (लेखक), Jérémie Piton (लेखक), Maria I S Silveira (लेखक), Rossilene Cruz (लेखक), Antônio Schetinni (लेखक), Maurício B Costa (लेखक), Marcos C L Virmond (लेखक), Suzana M Diorio (लेखक), Ida M F Dias-Baptista (लेखक), Patricia S Rosa (लेखक), Masanori Matsuoka (लेखक), Maria L F Penna (लेखक), Stewart T Cole (लेखक), Gerson O Penna (लेखक)
• स्वरूप: पुस्तक
• प्रकाशित: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2017-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• विषय: article
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Since leprosy is both treated and controlled by multidrug therapy (MDT) it is important to monitor recurrent cases for drug resistance and to distinguish between relapse and reinfection as a means of assessing therapeutic efficacy. All three objectives can be reached with single nucleotide resolutio...