Genetic diversity of Mycobacterium leprae in the state of São Paulo, an area of low-leprosy incidence in Brazil
ABSTRACT Background: Brazil has the second largest number of leprosy cases worldwide, and the state of São Paulo has been considered non-endemic since 2006. Methods: We analyzed 16 variable number tandem repeats loci and three single nucleotide polymorphisms loci of Mycobacterium leprae (M. lepra...
Main Authors: | Amanda Juliane Finardi, Nathan Guilherme de Oliveira, Eloise Brasil de Moraes, Lavínia Cássia Ferreira Batista, Bruna Eduarda Bortolomai, Philip Noel Suffys, Ida Maria Foschiani Dias Baptista |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT)
2023-03-01
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Series: | Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822023000100607&lng=en&tlng=en |
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