Publication Anti-PGL1 salivary IgA/IgM, serum IgG/IgM, and nasal Mycobacterium leprae DNA in individuals with household contact with leprosy. Brito e Cabral P, Júnior JEC, Macedo AC, et al. International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases. 2013; 17 (11) : e1005-10. Download PDF
Publication Development and pre-clinical assessment of a 73 kD chimeric fusion protein as a defined sub-unit vaccine for leprosy. Duthie M, Sampaio LS, Oliveira RM, et al. Vaccine. 2013; 31 (5) : 813-9.
Publication Nanobiotechnological approaches to delivery of DNA vaccine against fungal infection. Ribeiro A M, Souza A C O, Amaral A C, et al. Journal of biomedical nanotechnology. 2013; 9 (2) : 221-30.
Publication Development of leprosy in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis during treatment with etanercept: a case report. Lluch P, Urruticoechea A, Lluch J, et al. Elsevier Inc.. Seminars in arthritis and rheumatism. 2012; 42 (2) : 127-30.
Publication Lepromatous leprosy patients produce antibodies that recognise non-bilayer lipid arrangements containing mycolic acids. Baeza I, Wong-Baeza C, Valerdi E, et al. Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. 2012; Download PDF
Publication Immunotherapy for tuberculosis: what's the better choice? Guo S, Zhao J. Frontiers in bioscience (Landmark edition). 2012;
Publication Development of lepromatous leprosy following etanercept treatment for arthritis. Lydakis C, Ioannidou D, Koumpa I, et al. Springer London. Clinical rheumatology. 2012; 31 (2) : 395-8.
Publication Serologic follow-up of IgG responses against recombinant mycobacterial proteins ML0405, ML2331 and LID-1 in a leprosy hyperendemic area in Venezuela. Rada E, Duthie M, Reed S, et al. Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. 2012; Download PDF
Publication Severe refractory erythema nodosum leprosum successfully treated with the tumor necrosis factor inhibitor etanercept. Ramien M, Wong A, Keystone JS. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. 2011; 52 (5) : e133-5. Download PDF
Publication Analysis of antibody and cytokine markers for leprosy nerve damage and reactions in the INFIR cohort in India. Jadhav R, Suneetha LM, Kamble R, et al. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 2011; 5 (3) : e977. Download PDF
Publication Specific IgG antibody responses may be used to monitor leprosy treatment efficacy and as recurrence prognostic markers. Duthie M, Hay M N, Rada E M, et al. European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology. 2011; 30 (10) : 1257-65.
Publication Correlation between beta-2-glycoprotein I gene polymorphism and anti-beta-2 glycoprotein I antibodies in patients with multibacillary leprosy. Brochado MJF, Figueiredo JFC, Mendes-Junior CT, et al. Archives of dermatological research. 2010; 302 (8) : 583-91.
Publication Rapid detection of immunoglobulin G against Mycobacterium tuberculosis antigens by two commercial ELISA kits. Ben Selma W, Harizi H, Marzouk M, et al. The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease. 2010; 14 (7) : 841-6.
Publication Heparin-binding hemagglutinin (HBHA) of Mycobacterium leprae is expressed during infection and enhances bacterial adherence to epithelial cells. Lima CS, Marques MA M, Debrie A, et al. FEMS microbiology letters. 2009; 292 (2) : 162-9. Download PDF
Publication Evaluation of Leishmania species reactivity in human serologic diagnosis of leishmaniasis. Silvestre R, Santarém N, Teixeira L, et al. The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene. 2009; 81 (2) : 202-8.
Publication Clinical, bacteriological and immunological follow-up of household contacts of leprosy patients from a post-elimination area - Antioquia, Colombia. Cardona-Castro N, Beltran-Alzate JC, Romero-Montoya M. Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. 2009; 104 (6) : 935-6. Download PDF
Publication Upgrading the flow-cytometric analysis of anti-Leishmania immunoglobulins for the diagnosis of American tegumentary leishmaniasis. Pissinate JF, Gomes IT, Magalhães VP, et al. Journal of immunological methods. 2008; 336 (2) : 193-202.
Publication Survey to identify Mycobacterium leprae-infected household contacts of patients from prevalent regions of leprosy in Colombia. Cardona-Castro N, Beltrán-Alzate J C, Manrique-Hernández R. Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. 2008; 103 (4) : 332-6. Download PDF
Publication Serodiagnosis of tuberculosis: specific detection of free and complex-dissociated antibodies anti-mycobacterium tuberculosis recombinant antigens. Imaz MS, Schmelling MF, Kaempfer S, et al. The Brazilian journal of infectious diseases : an official publication of the Brazilian Society of Infectious Diseases. 2008; 12 (3) : 234-44.
Publication Diagnostic potential of Ag85C in comparison to various secretory antigens for childhood tuberculosis. Kumar G, Dagur P K, Singh M, et al. Scandinavian journal of immunology. 2008; 68 (2) : 177-83.