Widespread nasal carriage of Mycobacterium leprae among a healthy population in a hyperendemic region of northeastern Brazil

Lima, Luana Nepomuceno Gondim Costa; Frota, Cristiane Cunha; Mota, Rosa Maria Salani; Almeida, Rosa Livia Freitas; Pontes, Maria Araci de Andrade; Gonçalves, Heitor de Sá; Rodrigues, Laura Cunha; Kendall, Carl; Kerr, Ligia.
Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz ; 110(7): 898 - 905, 2015. tab, mapas, ilus
Artigo em Inglês | Instituto Evandro Chagas (SOPHIA) | ID: iec-15230

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