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. 2016 Nov 24;21(1):71–78. doi: 10.1016/j.bjid.2016.09.017

Fig. 2.

Fig. 2

Detection of M. leprae in biopsy samples by qPCR technique. Data reported in scatter dot plot as medians, excluding negative results. (A) Patients divided in seven groups (n = 107). (B) Patients grouped as paucibacillary (BI/H ≤ 1+) and multibacillary (BI/H ≥ 2+) forms, excluding negative results (n = 107). BI/H: bacilloscopy of histological sections, TT: tuberculoid, BT: borderline-tuberculoid, BB: borderline-borderline, BL: borderline-lepromatous, LL: lepromatous, RR: reversal reaction, ENL: erythema nodosum leprosum. #p < 0.05.