@article{26245,
  keywords = {Transmission, Transfusion, leprosy},
  author = {Goulart IMB and Araujo S and Filho AB and Paiva PHR and Goulart LR},
  title = {Asymptomatic leprosy infection among blood donors may predict disease development and suggests a potential mode of transmission.},
  abstract = {<p>Blood donors' samples (1007) were assessed for anti-PGL-1 IgM antibodies and Mycobacterium leprae DNA presence, with 3.8% and 0.3% positivity, respectively. After a five-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.</p>
},
  year = {2015},
  journal = {Journal of clinical microbiology},
  pages = {[Epub ahead of print]},
  publisher = {© American Society for Microbiology},
  issn = {1098-660X},
  url = {https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4572540/pdf/zjm3345.pdf},
  doi = {10.1128/JCM.01305-15},
  language = {eng},
}