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Mycobacterium leprae and Mycobacterium lepromatosis in small mammals in Midwest Brazil [PDF]

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
Leprosy is a chronic infectious disease caused by the bacilli Mycobacterium leprae and Mycobacterium lepromatosis. In addition to humans, animals such as nine-banded armadillos and red squirrels are species naturally infected. The objective of this study
Beatriz Silva Nogueira, Maerle Oliveira Maia, Ravena Fernanda Braga de Mendonça, Luciano Nakazato, Valéria Dutra   +4 more
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Mycobacterium leprae genomes from naturally infected nonhuman primates

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2018
Leprosy is caused by the bacterial pathogens Mycobacterium leprae and Mycobacterium lepromatosis. Apart from humans, animals such as nine-banded armadillos in the Americas and red squirrels in the British Isles are naturally infected with M.
Tanvi P Honap, Luz-Andrea Pfister, Genevieve Housman   +2 more
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Reverse vaccinology and subtractive genomics approaches for identifying common therapeutics against Mycobacterium leprae and Mycobacterium lepromatosis [PDF]

Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases, 2021
Background Mycobacterium leprae and Mycobacterium lepromatosis are gram-positive bacterial pathogens and the causative agents of leprosy in humans across the world.
Arun Kumar Jaiswal, Sandeep Tiwari, Syed Babar Jamal, Letícia de Castro Oliveira, Helioswilton Sales-Campos, Leonardo Eurípedes Andrade-Silva, Carlo Jose Freire Oliveira, Preetam Ghosh, Debmalya Barh, Vasco Azevedo, Siomar C. Soares, Virmondes Rodrigues Junior, Marcos Vinicius da Silva   +12 more
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The genetic determinants of Mycobacterium leprae resistance to antimicrobial drugs [PDF]

Vestnik Dermatologii i Venerologii, 2021
The review is devoted to the appearance of resistance of a slowly developing disease leprosy to antimicrobial therapy (AMP), primarily recommended by the World Health Organization.
Dmitry A. Verbenko, Victoria S. Solomka, Irina V. Kozlova, Alexey A. Kubanov   +3 more
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Construction and Analysis of the Complete Genome Sequence of Leprosy Agent Mycobacterium lepromatosis

Microbiology Spectrum, 2022
Leprosy is caused by Mycobacterium leprae and Mycobacterium lepromatosis. We report construction and analyses of the complete genome sequence of M. lepromatosis FJ924.
Francisco J. Silva, Diego Santos-Garcia, Xiaofeng Zheng, Li Zhang, Xiang Y. Han   +4 more
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Mycobacterium leprae on Palatine Tonsils and Adenoids of Asymptomatic Patients, Brazil

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2020
We investigated palatine tonsil and adenoid specimens excised from otorhinolaryngological patients in a leprosy-endemic region of Brazil. Fite-Faraco staining identified Mycobacterium spp. in 9 of 397 specimen blocks.
Marilda Aparecida Milanez Morgado de Abreu, Gisele Alborghetti Nai, Juliana D’Andrea Molina, Rafael Tomaz Gomes, Ana Maria Roselino Natalia de Paula   +4 more
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In silico analysis of V48A dihydropteroate synthase mutation to dapsone on Mycobacterium leprae from Papua

Health Science Journal of Indonesia, 2020
Latar belakang: Lepra merupakan penyakit yang disebabkan oleh Mycobacterium leprae. Resistensi obat merupakan salah satu tantangan dalam pemberantasan kusta khususnya di Papua.
Yustinus Maladan, Hana Krismawati, Hotma Martogi Laurensia Hutapea, Antonius Oktavian   +3 more
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Mycobacterium leprae Infection in Ticks and Tick-Derived Cells

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2021
Leprosy is a zoonosis in the southern United States involving humans and wild armadillos. The majority of patients presenting with zoonotic strains of Mycobacterium leprae note extensive outdoor activity but only rarely report any history of direct ...
Natthida Tongluan, Natthida Tongluan, Layne T. Shelton, J. Hunter Collins, Patrick Ingraffia, Gregory McCormick, Maria Pena, Rahul Sharma, Ramanuj Lahiri, Linda B. Adams, Richard W. Truman, Kevin R. Macaluso, Kevin R. Macaluso   +12 more
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Desafios na era pós genômica para o desenvolvimento de testes laboratoriais para o diagnóstico da hanseníase Challenges in the post genomic era for the development of tests for leprosy diagnosis

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2008
O diagnóstico da hanseníase se baseia em manifestações clínicas e não existe teste laboratorial para diagnosticar casos assintomáticos ou para prever progressão da doença entre indivíduos expostos.
Mariane Martins de Araújo Stefani
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The Findings of Mycobacterium Leprae DNA Existence in the Air as an Indication of Leprosy Transmission from Respiratory System

Jurnal Kesehatan Lingkungan, 2018
There are transmisions source in Infectious Leprosy Hospital Kediri from leprosy patients that can contaminate air with leprosy bacillus. There are also the risk groups, such as medical and non-medical staff, and visitors who contact with the environment.
Qotrunada Alam Cendaki
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