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Presence of viable Mycobacterium leprae in environmental specimens around houses of leprosy patients.

Indian journal of medical microbiology - 1 Jan 2000

Turankar R P, Lavania M, Singh M, Sengupta U, Siva Sai Ksr, Jadhav R S

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PURPOSE: Leprosy is a chronic systemic infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium leprae, one of the first organisms to be established as the cause for disease in humans. Because of high prevalence pockets of leprosy in the endemic regions, it is necessary to identify the possible sources of M. leprae in the environment and its mode of transmission. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Slit skin smears (SSSs) from lesions were...

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PMID: 27514953
DOI: 10.4103/0255-0857.188322

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