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A cost-effective conventional endpoint PCR assay for HLA-B*13:01 genotyping to guide personalized dapsone therapy in leprosy in low-resource settings.
Personalized medicine - 1 Aug 2026
Rana Divya Rsjb, Koju Kishor, Shakya Jivan, Manandhar Sarita, Singh Anjana, Shah Mahesh, Hagge Deanna A, Joshi Jarina
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Dapsone is a drug used to treat leprosy. Dapsone causes a highly morbid and potentially fatal severe drug hypersensitivity reaction (DHS) in 1-3% of leprosy cases. The allele HLA-B*13:01 is a known genetic risk factor for DHS. However, resource-intensive genotyping methods preclude its testing in resource-limited settings. This study aimed to develop an endpoint PCR assay to detect the presence of...
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- Humans
- Dapsone
- Leprosy
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Genotype
- Alleles
