Serological testing for Hansen’s disease diagnosis: Clinical significance and performance of IgA, IgM, and IgG antibodies against Mce1A protein

Serological testing for Hansen’s disease diagnosis: Clinical significance and performance of IgA, IgM, and IgG antibodies against Mce1A protein

Hansen’s disease (HD) is an infectious, treatable, and chronic disease. It is the main cause of infectious peripheral neuropathy. Due to the current limitations of laboratory tests for the diagnosis of HD, early identification of infected contacts is an important factor that would allow us to contro...

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Main Authors: Filipe Rocha Lima, Mateus Mendonça Ramos Simões, Gabriel Martins da Costa Manso, Diana Mota Toro, Vanderson Mayron Granemann Antunes, Giovani Cesar Felisbino, Gabriela Ferreira Dias, Lee W. Riley, Sérgio Arruda, Natália Aparecida de Paula, Helena Barbosa Lugão, Fernanda André Martins Cruz Perecin, Norma Tiraboschi Foss, Marco Andrey Cipriani Frade
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Medicine
Subjects:
Hansen’s disease
testing
serological
diagnosis
Mce1A
antibodies
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmed.2023.1048759/full

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