Leprosy Mailing List – March 4, 2015
Ref.: (LML) NYTimes Feb. 16. 2015: Research Finds a Reason Leprosy Has Persisted
From: Ben Naafs, the Netherlands
Dear Pieter,
I read professor Indropo’s information with interest (LML, March 3, 2015).
As far as I know a positive PCR for DNA does not mean that the bacilli are alive. When infected people are bathing, they will leave a lot of DNA behind. I would like to know if it can be proven that M. leprae at the roots of the plants are alive, similar in the amoebae. Possibly then you have to go to RNA.
Can anyone comment on this?
With regards,
Ben
LML - S Deepak, B Naafs, S Noto and P Schreuder
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