%0 Journal Article %K DNA, Bacterial %K Humans %K leprosy %K Mycobacterium leprae %K Nasal Mucosa %K polymerase chain reaction %B International journal of leprosy and other mycobacterial diseases : official organ of the International Leprosy Association %D 1993 %G eng %N 3 %P 389-93 %T Detection of Mycobacterium leprae by the polymerase chain reaction in nasal swabs of leprosy patients and their contacts. %U http://ila.ilsl.br/pdfs/v61n3a02.pdf %V 61 %1 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8228436?dopt=Abstract %8 1993 Sep