Goulart Isabela Maria Bernardes, Araujo Sergio, Filho Adilson Botelho, de Paiva Paulo Henrique Ribeiro, Goulart Luiz Ricardo
National Reference Center for Sanitary Dermatology and Leprosy, Clinics Hospital, Federal University of Uberlandia, Minas Gerais, Brazil Postgraduate Program in Health Sciences, School of Medicine, Federal University of Uberlandia, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
National Reference Center for Sanitary Dermatology and Leprosy, Clinics Hospital, Federal University of Uberlandia, Minas Gerais, Brazil Postgraduate Program in Health Sciences, School of Medicine, Federal University of Uberlandia, Minas Gerais, Brazil
J Clin Microbiol. 2015 Oct;53(10):3345-8. doi: 10.1128/JCM.01305-15. Epub 2015 Jul 22.
Blood donor samples (1,007) were assessed for anti-phenolic glycolipid 1 (PGL-1) IgM antibodies and Mycobacterium leprae DNA presence, which had 3.8% and 0.3% positivity, respectively. After a 5-year follow-up period, six individuals with positive markers developed leprosy, raising the hypothesis that asymptomatic infection among blood donors may be an undisclosed mode of leprosy transmission via transfusion.
对1007份献血者样本进行了抗酚糖脂1(PGL-1)IgM抗体和麻风分枝杆菌DNA检测,阳性率分别为3.8%和0.3%。经过5年的随访期,6名标记阳性的个体患上了麻风病,这引发了一种假设,即献血者中的无症状感染可能是麻风病通过输血传播的一种未被发现的方式。