Lepromin

Leprosy has been a challenge in different areas of medicine; in underdeveloped countries it remains a public health problem, in… Expand

Aims:  To evaluate the role of Langerhans cells (LCs) in the local activation of leprosy lesions. LCs, acting as tolerance… Expand

Traditional staining and microscopic examination techniques for the detection of Mycobacterium leprae, DNA amplification by… Expand

The Mitsuda test, which measures the specific immune response against intradermally injected lepromin, has a high prognostic… Expand

Ultraviolet radiation (UVR) modulates cellular immunity in humans and experimental animals and can interfere with immune… Expand

Lymphoproliferation and gamma interferon (IFN-gamma) secretion in response to 28 overlapping 20-mer synthetic peptides covering… Expand

Leprosy is a spectral disease in which immune responses to Mycobacterium leprae correlate with the clinical, bacteriological and… Expand

The possibility of an active mechanism of immunologic suppression in leprosy was explored by assessing the in vitro lymphocyte… Expand

 

Although knowledge of the symptomatology of leprosy is very complete, we believe it of interest to describe the clinical picture… Expand