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The metropolitan area of Fortaleza is important leprosy transmission area according to the control strategy of the Ministry of Health's D isease in this area the municipality of Itaitinga has highlighted, because of its high incidence with characterization of hyperendemic municipality. The study conducted geore ferencing of cases reported in 2013 by the municipality with definition of three specific groups (01 ...
he coeffi cient of leprosy detection in Brazil has not decreased over the last years, probably due to the fact that non-treated bacilliferous infec- ted individuals are responsible for the Mycobacterium leprae transmission. Objectives: To evaluate the frequency of serum anti-PGL-1 IgG and salivary gA/IgM antibody positivity among students and health pro- fessionals under different degrees of exposure to M. lepr...
Objectives: Leprosy household contacts represent a group at high risk of developing the disease. The aim of this study was to detect Mycobacterium leprae subclinical infection in this group through serological and molecular parameters. Methods: Serum anti-PGL1 IgG/IgM and salivary anti-PGL1 IgA/IgM was investigated using an ELISA, and nasal carriage of M. leprae DNA was detected by PCR, in leprosy household con...