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Article
Efforts in diagnosing early leprosy using serological techniques
Skin scra**s obtained from the lesions of leprosy patients of all types showed 96 % positivity to the serum antibody competition test using monoclonal antibody (ML04)to 35 kDa antigen of Mycobacterium leprae. ...
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Article
Coupling of proteins to liposomes and their role in understanding delayed type of hypersensitivity in human and mice
Liposome-coupled lepromin was found to elicit a 3-week skin reaction in leprosy patients similar to that elicited by wholeMycobacterium leprae. The present study suggests that the presentation of antigens in a sp...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Serological Survey of Leprosy Using a Monoclonal Antibody-Based Immunoassay and Phenolic Glycolipid ELISA
The present global estimate of leprosy patients is 11.5 million (21), one- fourth of whom live in India (6). The spread of infection can be arrested effectively by diagnosis and treatment of infectious subject...