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Int. j. lepr. other mycobact. dis
; 65(4): 465-468, Dec. 1997. tab
Artigo
em Inglês
| Sec. Est. Saúde SP, SESSP-ILSLACERVO, Sec. Est. Saúde SP
| ID: biblio-1226707
RESUMO
Measurements of anti-phenolic glycolipid-I antibodies were made in 200 matched samples of capillary blood from the skin-smear site, venous blood collected on filter paper, and sera. A close correlation among the three samples was observed and a weaker correlation among the antibody levels and the average and skin-smear bacterial index. Capillary blood from the skin-smear site had a consistently higher level of antibodies in each sample than did the sera. The collection of capillary blood from skin-smear sites is a convenient and economical method of obtaining samples for serology and for measuring local antibody levels, and it may be more sensitive than measurements of antibodies in sera.