01064nas a2200217   4500000000100000008004100001260004100042653001700083653001600100653001200116100001600128700001300144700001300157700001400170700001500184245013300199856007300332300002600405520040100431022001400832       2015                            d  b© American Society for Microbiology10aTransmission10aTransfusion10aleprosy1 aGoulart IMB1 aAraujo S1 aFilho AB1 aPaiva PHR1 aGoulart LR00aAsymptomatic leprosy infection among blood donors may predict disease development and suggests a potential mode of transmission.  uhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4572540/pdf/zjm3345.pdf  a[Epub ahead of print]3 a<p>Blood donors' samples (1007) were assessed for anti-PGL-1 IgM antibodies and Mycobacterium leprae DNA presence, with 3.8% and 0.3% positivity, respectively. After a five-year follow-up period, six individuals with positive markers developed leprosy, raising the hypothesis that asymptomatic infection among blood donors may be an undisclosed mode of leprosy transmission via transfusion.</p>
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