Epidemiology of leprosy: Molecular, biological, and immunological approach

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 531, Issue , 2003, Pages 269-278

  Hatta, Mohammad ^a  

^a HASANUDDIN UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY TITER; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CONFERENCE PAPER; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LEPROSY; LEPROSY CONTROL; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROPREVALENCE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0042385031     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-0059-9_23     Document Type: Conference Paper

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