%0 Journal Article %K Contact Tracing %K DNA, Bacterial %K Female %K Humans %K leprosy %K Male %K Mycobacterium leprae %K Nasal Mucosa %K polymerase chain reaction %K Sensitivity and Specificity %B Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz %D 2004 %G eng %N 5 %P 509-11 %R 10.1590/s0074-02762004000500009 %T Detection of Mycobacterium leprae DNA by polymerase chain reaction in the blood and nasal secretion of Brazilian household contacts. %U http://memorias.ioc.fiocruz.br/995/5039.pdf %V 99 %1 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15543415?dopt=Abstract %8 2004 Aug