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    Real-time PCR-based quantitation of viable Mycobacterium leprae strain from clinical samples and environmental sources and its genotype in multi-case leprosy families of India

    The potential role of environmental M. leprae in the transmission of leprosy remains unknown. We investigated role of environment as a possible source of viable M. leprae responsible for transmission of leprosy. ...

    Vikram Singh, Ravindra P. Turankar… in European Journal of Clinical Microbiology … (2020)

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    A report of rifampin-resistant leprosy from northern and eastern India: identification and in silico analysis of molecular interactions

    Presence of point mutations within the drug resistance determining regions of Mycobacterium leprae (M. leprae) genome confers molecular basis of drug resistance to dapsone, rifampin and ofloxacin in leprosy. Thi...

    Sundeep Chaitanya Vedithi, Mallika Lavania… in Medical Microbiology and Immunology (2015)

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    Increased Serum Circulatory Levels of Interleukin 17F in Type 1 Reactions of Leprosy

    Leprosy is a chronic infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium leprae affecting mainly skin and peripheral nerves. Acute inflammatory episodes in the borderline immunological spectrum of the disease cause severe...

    Sundeep Chaitanya, Mallika Lavania, Ravindra P. Turankar… in Journal of Clinical Immunology (2012)