Comparison of Bacillary Indexes in Slit-Skin Smears, Skin and Nerve Biopsies; a Study from Malawi

International Journal of Leprosy and Other Mycobacterial Diseases

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 211-216

  Ponnighaus, Jorg M ^a   Lienhardt, Christian ^b   Lucas, Sebastian ^c   Fine, Paul E M ^d   Sterne, Jonathan A C ^d  

^a Medical Research Council ^*  (Germany)

^b MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

^c ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEPROSY; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; NERVE BIOPSY; SKIN BIOPSY;

ADULT; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BIOPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEPROSY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALAWI; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; NERVE TISSUE; SKIN; SKIN DISEASES, BACTERIAL;

EID: 0030764677     PISSN: 0148916X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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