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- Identification of Mycobacterium leprae and Mycobacterium lepromatosis Cases with Broad-Range Molecular Assays at a Single Large Reference Laboratory.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2026Article
- Molecular Detection ofTropical medicine and infectious disease · 2025Review
- Bridging dermatology and hematology: a case of lepromatous leprosy with bone marrow involvement and pancytopenia.Journal of hematopathology · 2024Article
- Robust contact tracing and screening needed for leprosy control and protection of vulnerable children.Iranian journal of microbiology · 2024Article
- A comparative study on the detection of Mycobacterium leprae DNA in urine samples of leprosy patients using Rlep-PCR with other conventional samples.Molecular biology reports · 2024Article
- qPCR detection ofFrontiers in molecular biosciences · 2024Article
- An Overview of 10 Years of Activity of a Molecular Laboratory for Buruli Ulcer Diagnosis at a Field Hospital in Benin.Journal of clinical microbiology · 2023Article
- New insights at the interface between leprosy and immune-mediated rheumatic diseases.Frontiers in medicine · 2023Review
- Laboratory and functional tests in leprosy diagnosis: a practical guide for clinical decision-making.Anais brasileiros de dermatologiaReview
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Abstract
Leprosy is considered as a contagious disease and is still a health problem in several countries including India. Diagnosis of leprosy is based either on clinical findings or on acid fast bacilli staining. Due to low sensitivity of acid fast bacilli staining most of the leprosy cases were remained undetected. The present study aims to assess the efficacy of RLEP-PCR in the field condition where majority of the patients are acid fast bacilli negative and have early disease. A total of 80 suspected leprosy cases were recruited. Slit skin smear samples were taken for microscopy and molecular experimentation. DNA was extracted and RLEP-PCR was executed for all the 80 samples. To establish the statistical correlation χ
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