Seropositivity to anti-phenolic glycolipid-I in leprosy cases, contacts and no known contacts of leprosy in an endemic and a non-endemic area in northeast Brazil

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 104, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 490-495

  Frota, Cristiane C ^a   Freitas, Max V C ^a   Foss, Norma T ^b   Lima, Luana N C ^a   Rodrigues, Laura C ^c   Barreto, Maurício L ^d   Kerr, Ligia R S ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

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

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Immunologic marker; Leprosy; Mycobacterium leprae; Phenolic glycolipid I; Seroprevalence

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; PHENOLIC GLYCOLIPID I ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CONTACT EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEPROMATOUS LEPROSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; SEROPREVALENCE; TUBERCULOID LEPROSY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRAZIL; CONTACT TRACING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GLYCOLIPIDS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LEPROSY; LEPROSY, LEPROMATOUS; LEPROSY, TUBERCULOID; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE;

EID: 77954219746     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2010.03.006     Document Type: Article

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