High anti-phenolic glycolipid-I IgM titers and hidden leprosy cases, Amazon region

Emerg Infect Dis. 2012 May;18(5):889-90. doi: 10.3201/eid1805.111018.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Antibodies, Bacterial / blood
  • Antibodies, Bacterial / immunology*
  • Antigens, Bacterial / immunology*
  • Brazil / epidemiology
  • Child
  • Glycolipids / immunology*
  • Humans
  • Leprosy / epidemiology*
  • Mycobacterium leprae / immunology*
  • Seroepidemiologic Studies

Substances

  • Antibodies, Bacterial
  • Antigens, Bacterial
  • Glycolipids
  • phenolic glycolipid I, Mycobacterium leprae