The leprosy agents Mycobacterium lepromatosis and Mycobacterium leprae in Mexico

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 952-959

  Han, Xiang Y ^a   Sizer, Kurt Clement ^a   Velarde Félix, Jesús S ^b   Frias Castro, Luis O ^b   Vargas Ocampo, Francisco ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE SINALOA   (Mexico)

^c Instituto Nacional de Diagnostico y Referencia Epidemiologicos   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEPROSTATIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEPROSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEXICO; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPROMATOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN BIOPSY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEPROSY, LEPROMATOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864013830     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2011.05414.x     Document Type: Article

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