Use of anti-PGL-1 antibodies to monitor therapy regimes in leprosy patients
The suitability of IgM antibodies to PGL-1 for monitoring the response to multidrug therapy (MDT) was sequentially tested by ELISA in 105 leprosy patients, and bacterial indexes (BI) were also determined. Patients were divided into 3 groups: group 1, 34 multibacillary (MB) patients treated for 12 mo...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica
2009-10-01
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| Series: | Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2009001000016 |