Field-friendly anti-PGL-I serosurvey in children to monitor Mycobacterium leprae transmission in Bihar, India

Field-friendly anti-PGL-I serosurvey in children to monitor Mycobacterium leprae transmission in Bihar, India

BackgroundIt has been amply described that levels of IgM antibodies against Mycobacterium leprae (M. leprae) phenolic glycolipid I (PGL-I) correlate strongly with the bacterial load in an infected individual. These findings have generated the concept of using seropositivity for antibodies against M....

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Main Authors: Louise Pierneef, Paritosh Malaviya, Anouk van Hooij, Shyam Sundar, Abhishek Kumar Singh, Rajiv Kumar, Danielle de Jong, Maaike Meuldijk, Awnish Kumar, Zijie Zhou, Kristien Cloots, Paul Corstjens, Epco Hasker, Annemieke Geluk
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Medicine
Subjects:
children
leprosy
anti-M. leprae PGL-I antibodies
infection
diagnostics
serosurvey
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmed.2023.1260375/full

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