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Sensitivity of Mycobacterium leprae to Telacebec [PDF]
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2022 The treatment of leprosy is long and complex, benefiting from the development of sterilizing, rapidly-acting drugs. Reductive evolution made Mycobacterium leprae exquisitely sensitive to Telacebec, a phase 2 drug candidate for tuberculosis.
Ramanuj Lahiri +3 more
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Lepra Bubalorum, a Potential Reservoir of Mycobacterium leprae [PDF]
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2021 In 1926, a mycobacterial skin disease was observed in water buffaloes by researchers in Indonesia. The disease was designated as skin tuberculosis, though it was hypothesized that it might be a form of leprosy or a leprosy-like disease. In a follow-up study (Ph.D.
William R. Faber +4 more
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Validation of qPCR Methods for the Detection of Mycobacterium in New World Animal Reservoirs. [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2015 Zoonotic pathogens that cause leprosy (Mycobacterium leprae) and tuberculosis (Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex, MTBC) continue to impact modern human populations.
Genevieve Housman +8 more
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Revista de Saúde Pública, 1984 Foi feita revisão histórica sobre métodos tintoriais utilizados na identificação baciloscópica do Mycobacterium leprae. Ao lado da descrição de cada método, e suas variantes, é feita extensa revisão bibliográfica.A historical review of the staining ...
Luiz Fernando de Góes Siqueira +2 more
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Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2021 Upon infection, Mycobacterium leprae, an obligate intracellular bacillus, induces accumulation of cholesterol-enriched lipid droplets (LDs) in Schwann cells (SCs). LDs are promptly recruited to M.
Thabatta L. S. A. Rosa +17 more
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Hansenologia Internationalis, 1983 Se estudió la inmunidad mediada por células (IMC) frente a derivados proteicos purificados de Mycobacterium leprae, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Myco- bacterium avium y Mycobacterium marinum.
Enrique L. FLIESS +2 more
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Mycobacterium uberis Infection in the Subcutaneous Tissue of the Radius/Ulna Area of a Cow
Microorganisms, 2020 Mycobacterium uberis (M. uberis) is a recently described non-tuberculous mycobacterium phylogenetically close to Mycobacterium leprae (M. leprae) and Mycobacterium lepromatosis (M. lepromatosis).
Lorraine Michelet +1 more
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Intact Mycobacterium leprae Isolated from Placenta of a Pregnant Woman, China
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2019 Whether Mycobacterium leprae transmits from placenta to fetus remains unknown. We describe the case of a pregnant woman with untreated histoid leproma. Although her newborn was healthy, laboratory examination revealed intact M.
Zhiming Chen +8 more
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International Journal of Mycobacteriology, 2021 Background: Mycobacterium leprae was considered the only causal agent of leprosy until Mycobacterium lepromatosis was identified' which it has been suggested has greater pathogenicity and is linked to diffuse lepromatous leprosy (DLL) and Lucio's ...
Maria Carolina Fragozo-Ramos +4 more
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Genetic diversity of Mycobacterium leprae in the state of São Paulo, an area of low-leprosy incidence in Brazil [PDF]
Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2023 Background: Brazil has the second largest number of leprosy cases worldwide, and the state of São Paulo has been considered non-endemic since 2006. Methods: We analyzed 16 variable number tandem repeats loci and three single nucleotide polymorphisms ...
Amanda Juliane Finardi +6 more
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