Resultados: 3

The long-term impact of the leprosy post-exposure prophylaxis (LPEP) program on leprosy incidence: a modelling study

The Leprosy Post-Exposure Prophylaxis (LPEP) program explored the feasibility and impact of contact tracing and the provision of SDR to eligible contacts of newly diagnosed leprosy patients in states or districts of Brazil, India, Indonesia, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Tanzania. This study investigated...

Field evaluation of COVID‐19 antigen tests versus RNA based detection: Potential lower sensitivity compensated by immediate results, technical simplicity, and low cost

J Med Virol.; 93 (4405), 2021
One year into the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) pandemic, diagnosticstrategies, although central for contact tracing and other preventive measures, arestill limited. To meet the global demand, lower cost and faster antigen tests forsevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‐CoV‐2) ...

Desempenho dos antígenos PGL-I, LID-1e NDO-LID para diagnóstico sorológico de hanseníase em pacientes e contatos domiciliares: revisão de literatura

Hansen. int; 44 (), 2019
A hanseníase afeta os nervos periféri-cos e a pele levando a ocorrência de incapacidades na ausência de tratamento específico oportuno. Portanto, parâmetros sorológicos são necessários para intervenções terapêuticas precoces. A detecção de anticorpos contra o gl...