Abstract:Background:
Brazil has the second largest number of leprosy cases worldwide, and the state of São Paulo has been considered non-endemic since 2006.
Methods:
We analyzed 16 variable number tandem repeats loci and three single nucleotide polymorphisms loci of
Mycobacterium leprae (M. leprae)
in 125 clinical isolates from patients in different municipalities in the state.
Results:
The clustering pattern of
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