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Transmission of drug-resistant leprosy in Guinea-Conakry detected by molecular epidemiological approaches

Stewart Cole, Andrej Benjak, Charlotte Avanzi
2016
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Abstract

Molecular drug susceptibility testing was performed on skin biopsies from 24 leprosy patients from Guinea-Conakry for the first time. We identified primary drug resistance in 4 cases and a dapsone-resistant cluster caused by the same strain. Primary transmission of drug-resistant Mycobacterium leprae, including a rifampicin-resistant strain, is reported.

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