Monitoring Mycobacterium leprae transmission using quantification of anti-Mycobacterium leprae PGL-I IgM in young children in Bangladesh (child sero-survey)

Country: Bangladesh

Location(s): Nilphamari, Rangpur, Panchagarh

To assess the use of the anti-PGL-I UCP-LFA as a tool for measuring M. leprae infection among children as a proxy for transmission in north-west Bangladesh.

ILEP Members involved

The Leprosy Mission
Salomon Sumon Halder

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Physical facilities involved