TY - JOUR
AU - Antunes D
AU - Goulart IMB
AU - Goulart LR
AB - The Brazilian Society of Hansen’s Disease issued an alert on leprosy and COVID-19 coinfection that warned of the risk of infection in those individuals being treated for leprosy reactions. However, further clarification on epidemiological predictions for the COVID-19 infection and its possible role as an immune stimulus triggering leprosy reactions are necessary.
BT - PLoS neglected tropical diseases
C1 - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32678816
DA - 01/2020
DO - 10.1371/journal.pntd.0008460
IS - 7
J2 - PLoS Negl Trop Dis
LA - eng
N2 - The Brazilian Society of Hansen’s Disease issued an alert on leprosy and COVID-19 coinfection that warned of the risk of infection in those individuals being treated for leprosy reactions. However, further clarification on epidemiological predictions for the COVID-19 infection and its possible role as an immune stimulus triggering leprosy reactions are necessary.
PY - 2020
EP - e0008460
T2 - PLoS neglected tropical diseases
TI - Will cases of leprosy reaction increase with COVID-19 infection?
UR - https://journals.plos.org/plosntds/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pntd.0008460&type=printable
VL - 14
SN - 1935-2735
ER -