Evaluation of Auramine O staining and conventional PCR for leprosy diagnosis: A comparative cross-sectional study from Ethiopia
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0006706
Abstract: Background Diagnosis of leprosy mainly relies on clinical examination due to the inconsistent sensitivity and poor reproducibility of the current laboratory tests. Utilisation of alternative methods to the standard Ziehl Neelsen (ZN), Fite-Faraco (FF) and… read more here.
Keywords: diagnosis; study; pcr; leprosy diagnosis ... See more keywords
A new paradigm for leprosy diagnosis based on host gene expression.
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1009972
Abstract: Transcriptional profiling is a powerful tool to investigate and detect human diseases. In this study, we used bulk RNA-sequencing (RNA-Seq) to compare the transcriptomes in skin lesions of leprosy patients or controls affected by other… read more here.
Keywords: paucibacillary leprosy; paradigm leprosy; diagnosis based; leprosy diagnosis ... See more keywords