PCR-Based Techniques for Leprosy Diagnosis: From the Laboratory to the Clinic

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Alejandra Nóbrega Martinez,

Current address: Divisions of Bacteriology and Parasitology, Tulane National Primate Research Center, Covington, Louisiana, United States of America.

Affiliation Laboratório de Hanseníase, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz - Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Carolina Talhari,

Affiliation Fundação Alfredo da Matta, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil
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Milton Ozório Moraes ,

* E-mail: mmoraes@fiocruz.br

Affiliation Laboratório de Hanseníase, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz - Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Sinésio Talhari

Affiliation Universidade Nilton Lins, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil
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