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Evaluation of major membrane protein-II as a tool for serodiagnosis of leprosy

Evaluation of major membrane protein-II as a tool for serodiagnosis of leprosy

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Evaluation of major membrane protein-II as a tool for serodiagnosis of leprosy

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Full title

Evaluation of major membrane protein-II as a tool for serodiagnosis of leprosy

Publisher

Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing Ltd

Journal title

FEMS microbiology letters, 2007-07, Vol.272 (2), p.202-205

Language

English

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Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing Ltd

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Contents

Abstract
As serodiagnosis is the easiest way of diagnosing a disease, the utility of Mycobacterium leprae-derived major membrane protein-II (MMP-II), one of the immuno-dominant antigens, in the serodiagnosis of leprosy was examined. The percent positivity by an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for anti-MMP-II antibody was 82.4% for multi-bacill...

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Full title

Evaluation of major membrane protein-II as a tool for serodiagnosis of leprosy

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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_70661022

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_70661022

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ISSN

0378-1097

E-ISSN

1574-6968

DOI

10.1111/j.1574-6968.2007.00754.x

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