ArticleFrontiers in medicine2022
Bacilloscopy and polymerase chain reaction of slit-skin smears and anti-phenolic glycolipid-I serology for Hansen's disease diagnosis.
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- RIMOXCLAMIN's Therapeutic Impact in a Larger Brazilian Hansen's Disease Population.Open forum infectious diseases · 2026Trial
- Serum geoepidemiology of leprosy biomarkers in a city-wide COVID-19 survey in Brazil.BMC infectious diseases · 2026Article
- Efficiency of the Sensory Mapping Score for Hansens's disease diagnosis and follow-up: a functional cure criterion?Frontiers in medicine · 2025Article
- Fever of unknown origin, blood and cerebrospinal fluid involvement: a leprosy case report.Frontiers in immunology · 2024Article
- Diagnosis and Treatment of Leprosy in Taiwan during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Retrospective Study in a Tertiaty Center.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Serological testing for Hansen's disease diagnosis: Clinical significance and performance of IgA, IgM, and IgG antibodies against Mce1A protein.Frontiers in medicine · 2023Article
- Laboratory and functional tests in leprosy diagnosis: a practical guide for clinical decision-making.Anais brasileiros de dermatologiaReview
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Abstract
The bacilloscopy of the slit-skin smear (SSS) is the exclusive laboratory test associated with dermato-neurological evaluation for Hansen's disease (HD) diagnosis; however, it is negative in the majority of PB or primary neural forms. Thus, a PCR technique involving different sequences and target genes has been performed with an aim to increase the sensitivity and specificity of
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