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- HOSOKAWA ATSUSHI
- Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus
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- NONAKA SHIGEO
- Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus
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- JURADO MIGUEL H.
- Centro National de Medicina Tropical, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Guayaquil
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- FURUYA MASATO
- Institute for Laboratory Animals, Kochi Medical School
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- ESHITA YUKI
- Department of Parasitology, Kurume University School of Medicine
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- MIMORI TATSUYUKI
- Department of Parasitic Diseases, Kumamoto University Medical School
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- KATAKURA KEN
- Department of Parasitology, The Jikei University School of Medicine
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- L. EDUARDO A. GOMEZ
- Departamento de Medicina Tropical, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Catolica Santiago de Guayaquil
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- IZUMI SHINZO
- National Institute for Leprosy Research
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- HASHIGUCHI YOSHIHISA
- Department of Parasitology, Kochi Medical School
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Abstract
Serological examination of leprosy in endemic areas of cutaneous leishmaniasis were carried out using the sera collected during a survey for cutaneous leishmaniasis and several parasitic diseases in Ecuador. There was no correlation between prevalence rates for leprosy and seropositive rates of the antibodies (anti-PGL-I and LAM-B antibodies) in the subjects living in several provinces in Ecuador. Seropositive rates of anti-PGL-I antibodies of the leprosy patients and their families in Los Ranchos, Department of Manabi, were relatively high (84.6%, 11/13) in comparison with the average seropositive rates (42.4%, 154/365) of the subjects from other areas of Ecuador. It was suggested that serological survey of families of leprosy patients might be useful for screening of household contacts in a low endemic areas, such as Department of Manabi, Ecuador.
Journal
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- Japanese Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
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Japanese Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 22 (4), 179-184, 1994
Japanese Society of Tropical Medicine
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Details 詳細情報について
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- CRID
- 1390001204952536320
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- NII Article ID
- 130003975900
- 120001701325
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- NII Book ID
- AN00196023
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- ISSN
- 21861781
- 21861811
- 03042146
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- Text Lang
- en
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- JaLC
- IRDB
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- CiNii Articles
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- Abstract License Flag
- Disallowed