Varalakshmi D Vissa
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Lima L, Fontes A, Li W, Suffys P, Vissa V, Mota R, et al.
Lepr Rev
. 2018 Sep;
87(4):486-500.
PMID: 30226353
Background: This study compares the strains of genotypes of M. leprae from nasal secretions (NS) and skin biopsy (SB) in the same patient, supplementing conventional epidemiology to gain insight into...
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Fontes A, Lima L, Mota R, Almeida R, Pontes M, Goncalves H, et al.
PLoS Negl Trop Dis
. 2017 Dec;
11(12):e0006117.
PMID: 29244821
Leprosy is endemic in large part of Brazil with 28,761 new patients in 2015, the second largest number worldwide and reaches 9/10.000 in highly endemic regions and 2.7/10.000 in the...
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Fontes A, Magdinier Gomes H, de Araujo M, Albuquerque E, Baptista I, Da Fonseca Moura M, et al.
Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz
. 2013 Jan;
107 Suppl 1:143-9.
PMID: 23283465
We analysed 16 variable number tandem repeats (VNTR) and three single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) in Mycobacterium leprae present on 115 Ziehl-Neelsen (Z-N)-stained slides and in 51 skin biopsy samples derived from...
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Vissa V, Sakamuri R, Li W, Brennan P
Indian J Microbiol
. 2012 Oct;
49(1):11-47.
PMID: 23100749
During the last decade, the combination of rapid whole genome sequencing capabilities, application of genetic and computational tools, and establishment of model systems for the study of a range of...
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Al-Mubarak R, Vander Heiden J, Broeckling C, Balagon M, Brennan P, Vissa V
PLoS Negl Trop Dis
. 2011 Sep;
5(9):e1303.
PMID: 21909445
Background: Leprosy is a disease of the skin and peripheral nervous system caused by the obligate intracellular bacterium Mycobacterium leprae. The clinical presentations of leprosy are spectral, with the severity...
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Fontes A, Sakamuri R, Baptista I, Ura S, Moraes M, Martinez A, et al.
Lepr Rev
. 2009 Dec;
80(3):302-15.
PMID: 19961103
Introduction: Leprosy is a chronic disease caused by infection with Mycobacterium leprae, an obligate intracellular parasite. A problem in studying the transmission of leprosy is the small amount of variation...
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Martinez L, Harris B, Black 4th W, Meyer R, Brennan P, Vissa V, et al.
J Vet Diagn Invest
. 2008 Nov;
20(6):707-15.
PMID: 18987219
Multilocus variable number tandem repeat analysis (MLVA) has recently emerged as a genotyping method that is both robust and highly discriminatory for the differentiation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC) strains,...
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Hernandez E, Cardona-Castro N, Rodriguez G, Villegas S, Beltran C, Kimura M, et al.
Rev Panam Salud Publica
. 2008 Mar;
23(2):73-7.
PMID: 18371276
Objective: To detect the presence of rifampin- and dapsone-resistant strains of Mycobacterium leprae in three patients with recurring leprosy and clinically-suspected antimicrobial resistance through molecular techniques. Methods: A retrospective, descriptive...
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Weng X, Wang Z, Liu J, Kimura M, Black 4th W, Brennan P, et al.
J Clin Microbiol
. 2007 Apr;
45(6):1728-34.
PMID: 17428944
Multiple-locus variable-number tandem-repeat (VNTR) analysis (MLVA) has been proposed as a means of strain typing for tracking the transmission of leprosy. However, empirical data for a defined population are lacking....
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Kaur D, Berg S, Dinadayala P, Gicquel B, Chatterjee D, McNeil M, et al.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
. 2006 Sep;
103(37):13664-9.
PMID: 16945913
Lipoarabinomannan (LAM), one of the few known bacterial glycosylphosphoinositides (GPIs), occurs in various structural forms in Mycobacterium species. It has been implicated in key aspects of the physiology of Mycobacterium...