Serology aimed at M leprae-specific phenolic glycolipidantibodies and polymerase chain reaction may also be used but fail to reliablydetect early disease.
血清学检测是针对麻风杆菌特异性式碳酸糖酯抗体进行，此外聚合酶链式反应（PCR）也可用于检测，但对于早期诊断并不可靠。
In the 1960s, M. leprae started to develop resistance to dapsone, the world’s only known anti-leprosy drug at that time.
在1960年代，麻风杆菌开始对世界上当时唯一已知的抗麻风药物氨苯砜形成抗药性。
The researchers concluded that wild armadillos and many patients with leprosy in the southern United States are infected with the same strain of M. leprae.
研究者总结，野生犰狳和美国南部麻风病人感染相同病菌。
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