ArticleJournal of clinical microbiology2015
Asymptomatic Leprosy Infection among Blood Donors May Predict Disease Development and Suggests a Potential Mode of Transmission.
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- The Predictive Role of Biomarkers for Leprosy Prophylaxis in Contacts of Patients Who Are Indices of the Disease: A Systematic Review of the Literature.Mediators of inflammation · 2026Pooled it
- Leprosy in blood donors.Tropical medicine & international health : TM & IH · 2025Article
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- qPCR detection ofFrontiers in molecular biosciences · 2024Article
- High-resolution ultrasonography for early diagnosis of neural impairment in seropositive leprosy household contacts.PloS one · 2023Article
- Early diagnosis of neural impairment in seropositive leprosy household contacts: The experience of a reference center in Brazil.Frontiers in medicine · 2023Article
- A 5-year evaluation of chemoprophylactic treatment in elementary school children with subclinical leprosy.Biomedical reports · 2021Article
- Latent leprosy infection identified by dual RLEP and anti-PGL-I positivity: Implications for new control strategies.PloS one · 2021Article
- Molecular, immunological and neurophysiological evaluations for early diagnosis of neural impairment in seropositive leprosy household contacts.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2018Article
- High frequency of M. leprae DNA detection in asymptomatic household contacts.BMC infectious diseases · 2018Article
- Cutaneous Mycobacterial Infections.Clinical microbiology reviews · 2018Review
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Abstract
Blood donor samples (1,007) were assessed for anti-phenolic glycolipid 1 (PGL-1) IgM antibodies and Mycobacterium leprae DNA presence, which had 3.8% and 0.3% positivity, respectively. After a 5-year follow-up period, six individuals with positive markers developed leprosy, raising the hypothesis that asymptomatic infection among blood donors may be an undisclosed mode of leprosy transmission via transfusion.
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