A case study of delayed-diagnosed leprosy: advancing diagnosis through MetaPath
MetaPath successfully detected Mycobacterium leprae, providing a definitive molecular etiological evidence for this long-term undiagnosed case. This demonstrates the key advantage of MetaPath in the early diagnosis of challenging infectious diseases.
Authors
- Xin Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0003-8554)
- Feifei Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7432-2393)
- Zhiying Zhao
- Yanhui Song
- Jing Xu
- Cuili Li
- Xi Zhong
Institutions
- Central South University (CN)
- Kingmed Diagnostics (CN)
- The First People's Hospital of Changde (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- International Journal of Infectious Diseases
- Published
- 2026-02-14
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2026.108490
- Primary Topic
- Leprosy Research and Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00