Experimental Infection of Rhodnius prolixus (Hemiptera, Triatominae) with Mycobacterium leprae Indicates Potential for Leprosy Transmission.

Experimental Infection of Rhodnius prolixus (Hemiptera, Triatominae) with Mycobacterium leprae Indicates Potential for Leprosy Transmission.

Leprosy is a chronic dermato-neurological disease caused by infection with Mycobacterium leprae. In 2013 almost 200,000 new cases of leprosy were detected around the world. Since the first symptoms take from years to decades to appear, the total number of asymptomatic patients is impossible to predi...

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Main Authors: Arthur da Silva Neumann, Felipe de Almeida Dias, Jéssica da Silva Ferreira, Amanda Nogueira Brum Fontes, Patricia Sammarco Rosa, Rafael Enrique Macedo, José Henrique Oliveira, Raquel Lima de Figueiredo Teixeira, Maria Cristina Vidal Pessolani, Milton Ozório Moraes, Philip Noel Suffys, Pedro L Oliveira, Marcos Henrique Ferreira Sorgine, Flavio Alves Lara
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4874629?pdf=render

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