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. 2012 May;18(5):889-90.
doi: 10.3201/eid1805.111018.

High anti-phenolic glycolipid-I IgM titers and hidden leprosy cases, Amazon region

Claudio Guedes Salgado, Denis Vieira Gomes Ferreira, Marco Andrey Cipriani Frade, Layana de Souza Guimarães, Moisés Batista da Silva, Josafá Gonçalves Barreto

High anti-phenolic glycolipid-I IgM titers and hidden leprosy cases, Amazon region

Claudio Guedes Salgado et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2012 May.
No abstract available

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