Editorial Commentary: Evidences of Aerial Route of Mycobacterium leprae Infection and Doubts About Transmission and Natural Protection in Leprosy

Marco Andrey Cipriani Frade^{1

2}, Norma Tirabosch Foss^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Dermatology Division, Department of Medical Clinics.
² National Reference Center in Sanitary Dermatology focused in Leprosy of Clinical Hospital of Ribeirão Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil.

Editorial

Marco Andrey Cipriani Frade et al. Clin Infect Dis. 2016.

. 2016 Dec 1;63(11):1421-1422.

doi: 10.1093/cid/ciw577. Epub 2016 Aug 23.

Marco Andrey Cipriani Frade^{1

2}, Norma Tirabosch Foss^{1

2}

¹ Dermatology Division, Department of Medical Clinics.
² National Reference Center in Sanitary Dermatology focused in Leprosy of Clinical Hospital of Ribeirão Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil.

No abstract available

Keywords: Leprosy; Mycobacterium leprae; phenolic glycolipid I.

Comment on

Molecular Evidence for the Aerial Route of Infection of Mycobacterium leprae and the Role of Asymptomatic Carriers in the Persistence of Leprosy.
Araujo S, Freitas LO, Goulart LR, Goulart IM. Araujo S, et al. Clin Infect Dis. 2016 Dec 1;63(11):1412-1420. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciw570. Epub 2016 Aug 23. Clin Infect Dis. 2016. PMID: 27558564