Publication A scoping review on the field validation and implementation of rapid diagnostic tests for vector-borne and other infectious diseases of poverty in urban areas. Osorio L, Garcia JA, Parra LG, et al. Infectious diseases of poverty. 2018; 7 (1) : 87. Download PDF
Publication Application of RLEP real-time PCR for detection of M. leprae DNA in paraffin-embedded skin biopsy specimens for diagnosis of paucibacillary leprosy. Yan W, Xing Y, Yuan LC, et al. The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene. 2014; 90 (3) : 524-9. Download PDF
Publication Community-based rehabilitation (CBR) monitoring and evaluation methods and tools: a literature review. Lukersmith S, Hartley S, Kuipers P, et al. Disability and rehabilitation. 2013; 35 (23) : 1941-53.
Publication Evaluation of agreement between clinical and histopathological data for classifying leprosy. Santos V, Mendonça Neto PT, Falcão Raposo OF, et al. International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases. 2013; 17 (3) : e189-92. Download PDF
Publication Whole-blood nested-PCR amplification of M. leprae-specific DNA for early diagnosis of leprosy. Wen Y, Xing Y, Yuan L, et al. The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene. 2013; 88 (5) : 918-22.
Publication Comparing the performance of traditional non-treponemal tests on syphilis and non-syphilis serum samples. Gu W, Yang Y, Wang Q, et al. International journal of STD & AIDS. 2013; 24 (12) : 919-25.
Publication Development of a quantitative rapid diagnostic test for multibacillary leprosy using smart phone technology. Paula Vaz Cardoso L, Dias RF, Freitas A, et al. BMC infectious diseases. 2013; Download PDF
Publication Immunologic evaluation and validation of methods using synthetic peptides derived from Mycobacterium tuberculosis for the diagnosis of tuberculosis infection. Araujo Z, Giampietro F, Bochichio MLA, et al. Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. 2013; 108 (2) : 131-9. Download PDF
Publication Concordance between expected and observed bacilloscopy results of clinical forms of leprosy: a 6-year retrospective study in Recife, State of Pernambuco, Brazil. Cavalcanti AAL, Lucena-Silva N, Montarroyos UR, et al. Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical. 2012; 45 (5) : 616-9. Download PDF
Publication Investigation of neuropathic pain in treated leprosy patients in Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study. Haroun O, Hietaharju A, Bizuneh E, et al. Elsevier. Pain. 2012; 153 (8) : 1620-4.
Publication Comparing the clinical and histological diagnosis of leprosy and leprosy reactions in the INFIR cohort of Indian patients with multibacillary leprosy. Lockwood DN, Nicholls PG, Smith WC, et al. Public Library of Science. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 2012; 6 (6) : e1702. Download PDF
Publication Real-time PCR and high-resolution melt analysis for rapid detection of Mycobacterium leprae drug resistance mutations and strain types. Li W, Matsuoka M, Kai M, et al. American Society for Microbiology. Journal of clinical microbiology. 2012; 50 (3) : 742-53. Download PDF
Publication Use of the polymerase chain reaction to detect Mycobacterium leprae in urine. Caleffi K R, Hirata R D C, Hirata M H, et al. Scielo. Brazilian journal of medical and biological research = Revista brasileira de pesquisas medicas e biologicas. 2012; 45 (2) : 153-7. Download PDF
Publication Screening for diabetes in patients with inflammatory rheumatological disease administered long-term prednisolone: a cross-sectional study. Burt M, Willenberg VM, Petersons C, et al. Rheumatology (Oxford, England). 2012; 51 (6) : 1112-9.
Publication Testing and validating a simplified scale to measure social participation of people with disabilities in Indonesia. Kelders R, van Brakel WH, Beise K. Disability and rehabilitation. 2012; 34 (8) : 638-46.
Publication Comparison of two rapid tests for anti-phenolic glycolipid-I serology in Brazil and Nepal. Stefani MMA, Grassi AB, Sampaio LH, et al. Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. 2012; Download PDF
Publication [Application of the diagnostic criteria for systemic lupus erythematosus to patients with multibacillary leprosy]. Teixeira Junior GJA, Silva CEFE, Magalhães V. Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical. 2011; 44 (1) : 85-90. Download PDF
Publication Evaluation of qPCR-based assays for leprosy diagnosis directly in clinical specimens. Martinez AN, Ribeiro-Alves M, Sarno E, et al. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 2011; 5 (10) : e1354. Download PDF
Publication Evaluation of a simplified IS6110 PCR for the rapid diagnosis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in an area with high tuberculosis incidence. Ben Kahla I, Ben Selma W, Marzouk M, et al. Pathologie-biologie. 2011; 59 (3) : 161-5.
Publication Lateral flow assay for simultaneous detection of cellular- and humoral immune responses. Corstjens P, Dood CJ, Ploeg-van Schip JJ, et al. Clinical biochemistry. 2011; 44 (14-15) : 1241-6. Download PDF