ANTI M. leprae IgM ANTIBODY DETERMINATION BY ULTRAMICROIMMUNOENZYMATIC (UMELISA HANSEN) FOR THE DIAGNOSIS AND MONITORING LEPROSY

The relationship between the IgM antibody response, antigenic load as well as the clinical improvement after chemotherapy was studied in order to obtain useful data for the early diagnosis and monitoring leprosy. A level of 82% (94/115) agreement was obtained between IgM UMELISA HANSEN and slitskin...

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Published in:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
Main Authors: Adriana TORRELLA, Rosa L. SOLIS, Esther PEREZ, Yadira MEDINA, Carlos KERGUELEN, Patricia OLAYA
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo (USP) 1998
Subjects:
UMELISA HANSEN
Leprosy
Phenolic GlycolipidI
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
Infectious and parasitic diseases
RC109-216
Arctic
Vio
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1590/S0036-46651998000300008
https://doaj.org/article/63a96756b49f4124a4977110a06a9061

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