Pauci- and Multibacillary Leprosy: Two Distinct, Genetically Neglected Diseases.

Pauci- and Multibacillary Leprosy: Two Distinct, Genetically Neglected Diseases.

After sustained exposure to Mycobacterium leprae, only a subset of exposed individuals develops clinical leprosy. Moreover, leprosy patients show a wide spectrum of clinical manifestations that extend from the paucibacillary (PB) to the multibacillary (MB) form of the disease. This "polarizatio...

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Main Authors: Jean Gaschignard, Audrey Virginia Grant, Nguyen Van Thuc, Marianna Orlova, Aurélie Cobat, Nguyen Thu Huong, Nguyen Ngoc Ba, Vu Hong Thai, Laurent Abel, Erwin Schurr, Alexandre Alcaïs
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-05-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4878860?pdf=render

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