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. 2020 Aug;26(8):1961.
doi: 10.3201/eid2608.191149.

Intact Mycobacterium leprae Isolated from Placenta of a Pregnant Woman, China

Ajay Vir Singh, Harpreet Singh Pawar, Rajbala Yadav, Devendra Singh Chauhan
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Intact Mycobacterium leprae Isolated from Placenta of a Pregnant Woman, China

Ajay Vir Singh et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2020 Aug.
No abstract available

Keywords: Bacteria; China; Hansen disease; Mycobacterium leprae; leprosy; maternal and child health; newborn; placenta; transmission; tuberculosis and other mycobacteria.

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