Assessment of subclinical leprosy infection through the measurement of PGL-1 antibody levels in residents of a former leprosy colony in Thailand

Leprosy Review

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 315-319

  Kampirapap, Kowit ^a,b  

^a Raj Pracha Samasai Inst   (Thailand)

^b Institute of Dermatology Thailand   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; DAPSONE; PHENOLIC GLYCOLIPID I; PREDNISOLONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM COLONY; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEPROSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RASH; SEROLOGY; THAILAND; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GLYCOLIPIDS; HUMANS; LEPER COLONIES; LEPROSY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; THAILAND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 56449097207     PISSN: 03057518     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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