%0 Journal Article %K Family Characteristics %K Humans %K Leprostatic Agents %K leprosy %K Mucus %K Nasal Mucosa %K polymerase chain reaction %K Skin %B The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene %D 2008 %G eng %N 3 %P 518-21 %T Transmission of leprosy: a study of skin and nasal secretions of household contacts of leprosy patients using PCR. %U http://www.ajtmh.org/cgi/reprint/78/3/518.pdf %V 78 %1 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18337353?dopt=Abstract %8 2008 Mar