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Nelson Iván Agudelo Higuita, Charlotte Avanzi, Andrés F Henao-Martínez, Tanvi P Honap, Neema Bendera, Carlos Franco-Paredes, Rie R Yotsu, Mendrika Rakotoarisaona, Natarajan Manimozhi, John S Spencer. Leprosy. The Lancet, 202. ISSN 0140-6736, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(25)01963-4.

Fomba A, Haidara FC, Kodio M, Arama C, Cambau E, Chauffour A, Veziris N, Broeckling BE, Warren AK, Cauchoix B, Alcaïs A, Marsollier L, Assé H, Jackson M, Sow SO, Faye O, Jarlier V, Cole ST, Avanzi C, Aubry A, Johnson RC. Bedaquiline Activity against Leprosy. N Engl J Med. 2025 Jun 5;392(21):2174-2176. doi: 10.1056/NEJMc2412487. PMID: 40466073; PMCID: PMC12158421.

Lopopolo M, Avanzi C, Duchene S, Luisi P, de Flamingh A, Ponce-Soto GY, Tressieres G, Neumeyer S, Lemoine F, Nelson EA, Iraeta-Orbegozo M, Cybulski JS, Mitchell J, Marks VT, Adams LB, Lindo J, DeGiorgio M, Ortiz N, Wiens C, Hiebert J, Bonifaz A, Montes de Oca G, Paredes-Solis V, Franco-Paredes C, Vera-Cabrera L, Pereira Brunelli JG, Jackson M, Spencer JS, Salgado CG, Han XY, Pearce CM, Warren AK, Rosa PS, de Finardi AJ, Belone AFF, Ferreira C, Suffys PN, Fontes ANB, Vasconcellos SEG, Schaub R, Couppié P, Drak Alsibai K, Hernández-Castro R, Silva Miranda M, Estrada-Garcia I, Jurado-Santacruz F, Orlando L, Schroeder H, Quintana-Murci L, Del Papa M, Lahiri R, Malhi RS, Rasmussen S, Rascovan N. Pre-European contact leprosy in the Americas and its current persistence. Science. 2025 Jul 24;389(6758):eadu7144. doi: 10.1126/science.adu7144. Epub 2025 Jul 24. PMID: 40440428.

Ferrreira CdO, Leturiondo AL, Dos Santos CG, da Silva JB, Souza MFdA, Rego CBO, de Souza GC, Pinheiro TB, Melo GC, Rosa PS, Mira MT, Avanzi C, Talhari C. Classic and new candidate markers for drug resistance in a large cohort of leprosy patients from the Amazon state, Brazil. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2025 Jul 2;69(7):e0155024. doi: 10.1128/aac.01550-24. Epub 2025 May 20. PMID: 40391941; PMCID: PMC12217464.

Vera-Cabrera L, Molina-Torres CA, Crane AE, Cantú-Alvarez MG, Aguilera-Valenciano MA, Gallardo-Rocha A, Escalante-Fuentes WG, Ocampo-Candiani J, Avanzi C. Actinomadura welshii sp. nov., a New Mycetoma Agent in Mexico. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2025 Apr 11;19(4):e0013016. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0013016. PMID: 40215253; PMCID: PMC12021271.

Belardinelli JM, Avanzi C, Martin KE, Lam H, Dragset MS, Wheat WH, Podell BK, Gonzalez-Juarrero M, Jackson M. The DosR regulon of Mycobacterium avium and adaptation to hypoxia. Front Cell Infect Microbiol. 2025 Feb 18;15:1545856. doi: 10.3389/fcimb.2025.1545856. PMID: 40041152; PMCID: PMC11876180.

Romero-Alvarez D, Calvopiña M, Cisneros-Vásquez E, Garzon-Chavez D, Warren AK, Bennett LS, Janapati RR, Bastidas-Caldes C, Cabezas-Moreno M, de Waard JH, Silva-Martinod D, Schaub R, Jackson M, Peterson AT, Avanzi C. Mycobacterium leprae in Nine-Banded Armadillos (Dasypus novemcinctus), Ecuador. Emerg Infect Dis. 2024 Dec;30(12):2629-2632. doi: 10.3201/eid3012.231143. PMID: 39592404; PMCID: PMC11616649.

Urban C, Blom AA, Avanzi C, Walker-Meikle K, Warren AK, White-Iribhogbe K, Turle R, Marter P, Dawson-Hobbis H, Roffey S, Inskip SA, Schuenemann VJ. Ancient Mycobacterium leprae genome reveals medieval English red squirrels as animal leprosy host. Curr Biol. 2024 May 20;34(10):2221-2230.e8. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2024.04.006. Epub 2024 May 3. PMID: 38703773.

Wilkin S, Lanigan LT, Montes N, Sharma M, Avanzi C, Sejdiu D, Majander K, Pfrengle S, Chiang Y, Kunz L, Dittmann A, Rühli F, Singh P, Coll MF, Collins MJ, Taurozzi AJ, Schuenemann VJ. Sequential trypsin and ProAlanase digestions unearth immunological protein biomarkers shrouded by skeletal collagen. iScience. 2024 Apr 3;27(5):109663. doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2024.109663. PMID: 38655200; PMCID: PMC11035369.

Homer JA, Koelln RA, Barrow AS, Gialelis TL, Boiarska Z, Steinohrt NS, Lee EF, Yang WH, Johnson RM, Chung T, Habowski AN, Vishwakarma DS, Bhunia D, Avanzi C, Moorhouse AD, Jackson M, Tuveson DA, Lyons SK, Lukey MJ, Fairlie WD, Haider SM, Steinmetz MO, Prota AE, Moses JE. Modular synthesis of functional libraries by accelerated SuFEx click chemistry. Chem Sci. 2024 Mar 4;15(11):3879-3892. doi: 10.1039/d3sc05729a. PMID: 38487227; PMCID: PMC10935723.

Faber WR, Sewpersad K, Menke H, Avanzi C, Geluk A, Verhard EM, Tió Coma M, Chan M, Pieters T. Origin and spread of leprosy in Suriname. A historical and biomedical study. Front Trop Dis. 2023 Nov 7;4:1258006. doi: 10.3389/fitd.2023.1258006. PMID: 39175563; PMCID: PMC7616386.

Belardinelli JM, Arora D, Avanzi C, Wheat WH, Bryant JM, Spencer JS, Blundell TL, Parkhill J, Floto RA, Jackson M. Clinically relevant mutations in the PhoR sensor kinase of host-adapted Mycobacterium abscessus isolates impact response to acidic pH and virulence. Microbiol Spectr. 2023 Dec 12;11(6):e0158823. doi: 10.1128/spectrum.01588-23. Epub 2023 Oct 24. PMID: 37874174; PMCID: PMC10715180.

Bouth RC, Gobbo AR, Barreto JG, do Carmo Pinto PD, Bittencourt MS, Frade MAC, Nascimento AC, Bandeira SS, da Costa PF, Conde GAB, Avanzi C, Ribeiro-Dos-Santos Â, Spencer JS, da Silva MB, Salgado CG. Specialized active leprosy search strategies in an endemic area of the Brazilian Amazon identifies a hypermutated Mycobacterium leprae strain causing primary drug resistance. Front Med (Lausanne). 2023 Sep 13;10:1243571. doi: 10.3389/fmed.2023.1243571. PMID: 37780551; PMCID: PMC10534026.

Palčeková Z, Obregón-Henao A, De K, Walz A, Lam H, Philp J, Angala SK, Patterson J, Pearce C, Zuberogoitia S, Avanzi C, Nigou J, McNeil M, Muñoz Gutiérrez JF, Gilleron M, Wheat WH, Gonzalez-Juarrero M, Jackson M. Role of succinyl substituents in the mannose-capping of lipoarabinomannan and control of inflammation in Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection. PLoS Pathog. 2023 Sep 5;19(9):e1011636. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1011636. PMID: 37669276; PMCID: PMC10503756.

Hodges H, Obeng K, Avanzi C, Ausmus AP, Angala SK, Kalera K, Palcekova Z, Swarts BM, Jackson M. Azido Inositol Probes Enable Metabolic Labeling of Inositol-Containing Glycans and Reveal an Inositol Importer in Mycobacteria. ACS Chem Biol. 2023 Mar 17;18(3):595-604. doi: 10.1021/acschembio.2c00912. Epub 2023 Mar 1. PMID: 36856664; PMCID: PMC10071489.

Beltrame A, Fargnoli MC, Avanzi C, Sollima L, Pomari E, Mori A, Longoni SS, Moro L, Orza P, Jackson M, Perandin F. Leprosy in an Adopted Woman Diagnosed by Molecular Tools: A Case Report from a Non-Endemic Area. Pathogens. 2023 Jan 20;12(2):165. doi: 10.3390/pathogens12020165. PMID: 36839437; PMCID: PMC9963898.

Romero-Alvarez D, Garzon-Chavez D, Jackson M, Avanzi C, Peterson AT. Mycobacterium leprae in Armadillo Tissues from Museum Collections, United States. Emerg Infect Dis. 2023 Mar;29(3):622-626. doi: 10.3201/eid2903.221636. PMID: 36823763; PMCID: PMC9973711.

Ferreira H, Leal-Calvo T, Mendes MA, Avanzi C, Busso P, Benjak A, Sales AM, Ferreira CP, de Berrêdo-Pinho M, Cole ST, Sarno EN, Moraes MO, Pinheiro RO. Gene expression patterns associated with multidrug therapy in multibacillary leprosy. Front Cell Infect Microbiol. 2022 Jul 22;12:917282. doi: 10.3389/fcimb.2022.917282. PMID: 35937686; PMCID: PMC9354612.

Belardinelli JM, Li W, Martin KH, Zeiler MJ, Lian E, Avanzi C, Wiersma CJ, Nguyen TV, Angala B, de Moura VCN, Jones V, Borlee BR, Melander C, Jackson M. 2-Aminoimidazoles Inhibit Mycobacterium abscessus Biofilms in a Zinc-Dependent Manner. Int J Mol Sci. 2022 Mar 9;23(6):2950. doi: 10.3390/ijms23062950. PMID: 35328372; PMCID: PMC8951752.

Vera-Cabrera L, Ramos-Cavazos CJ, Youssef NA, Pearce CM, Molina-Torres CA, Avalos-Ramirez R, Gagneux S, Ocampo-Candiani J, Gonzalez-Juarrero M, Mayorga-Rodriguez JA, Mayorga-Garibaldi L, Spencer JS, Jackson M, Avanzi C. Mycobacterium leprae Infection in a Wild Nine-Banded Armadillo, Nuevo León, Mexico. Emerg Infect Dis. 2022 Mar;28(3):747-749. doi: 10.3201/eid2803.211295. PMID: 35202538; PMCID: PMC8888246.

Belardinelli JM, Verma D, Li W, Avanzi C, Wiersma CJ, Williams JT, Johnson BK, Zimmerman M, Whittel N, Angala B, Wang H, Jones V, Dartois V, de Moura VCN, Gonzalez-Juarrero M, Pearce C, Schenkel AR, Malcolm KC, Nick JA, Charman SA, Wells TNC, Podell BK, Vennerstrom JL, Ordway DJ, Abramovitch RB, Jackson M. Therapeutic efficacy of antimalarial drugs targeting DosRS signaling in Mycobacterium abscessus. Sci Transl Med. 2022 Feb 23;14(633):eabj3860. doi: 10.1126/scitranslmed.abj3860. Epub 2022 Feb 23. PMID: 35196022; PMCID: PMC8943825.

Manta FSN, Jacomasso T, Rampazzo RCP, Moreira SJM, Zahra NM, Cole ST, Avanzi C, Leal-Calvo T, Vasconcellos SEG, Suffys P, Ribeiro-Alves M, Krieger MA, Costa ADT, Moraes MO. Development and validation of a multiplex real-time qPCR assay using GMP-grade reagents for leprosy diagnosis. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2022 Feb 18;16(2):e0009850. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0009850. PMID: 35180224; PMCID: PMC8893668.

Belardinelli JM, Li W, Avanzi C, Angala SK, Lian E, Wiersma CJ, Palčeková Z, Martin KH, Angala B, de Moura VCN, Kerns C, Jones V, Gonzalez-Juarrero M, Davidson RM, Nick JA, Borlee BR, Jackson M. Unique Features of Mycobacterium abscessus Biofilms Formed in Synthetic Cystic Fibrosis Medium. Front Microbiol. 2021 Oct 29;12:743126. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.743126. PMID: 34777289; PMCID: PMC8586431.

Leal-Calvo T, Avanzi C, Mendes MA, Benjak A, Busso P, Pinheiro RO, Sarno EN, Cole ST, Moraes MO. A new paradigm for leprosy diagnosis based on host gene expression. PLoS Pathog. 2021 Oct 25;17(10):e1009972. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1009972. PMID: 34695167; PMCID: PMC8568100.

Hockings KJ, Mubemba B, Avanzi C, Pleh K, Düx A, Bersacola E, Bessa J, Ramon M, Metzger S, Patrono LV, Jaffe JE, Benjak A, Bonneaud C, Busso P, Couacy-Hymann E, Gado M, Gagneux S, Johnson RC, Kodio M, Lynton-Jenkins J, Morozova I, Mätz-Rensing K, Regalla A, Said AR, Schuenemann VJ, Sow SO, Spencer JS, Ulrich M, Zoubi H, Cole ST, Wittig RM, Calvignac-Spencer S, Leendertz FH. Leprosy in wild chimpanzees. Nature. 2021 Oct;598(7882):652-656. doi: 10.1038/s41586-021-03968-4. Epub 2021 Oct 13. PMID: 34646009; PMCID: PMC8550970.

Pfrengle S, Neukamm J, Guellil M, Keller M, Molak M, Avanzi C, Kushniarevich A, Montes N, Neumann GU, Reiter E, Tukhbatova RI, Berezina NY, Buzhilova AP, Korobov DS, Suppersberger Hamre S, Matos VMJ, Ferreira MT, González-Garrido L, Wasterlain SN, Lopes C, Santos AL, Antunes-Ferreira N, Duarte V, Silva AM, Melo L, Sarkic N, Saag L, Tambets K, Busso P, Cole ST, Avlasovich A, Roberts CA, Sheridan A, Cessford C, Robb J, Krause J, Scheib CL, Inskip SA, Schuenemann VJ. Mycobacterium leprae diversity and population dynamics in medieval Europe from novel ancient genomes. BMC Biol. 2021 Oct 5;19(1):220. doi: 10.1186/s12915-021-01120-2. PMID: 34610848; PMCID: PMC8493730.

Avanzi C, Singh P, Truman RW, Suffys PN. Molecular epidemiology of leprosy: An update. Infect Genet Evol. 2020 Dec;86:104581. doi: 10.1016/j.meegid.2020.104581. Epub 2020 Oct 4. PMID: 33022427.

Neukamm J, Pfrengle S, Molak M, Seitz A, Francken M, Eppenberger P, Avanzi C, Reiter E, Urban C, Welte B, Stockhammer PW, Teßmann B, Herbig A, Harvati K, Nieselt K, Krause J, Schuenemann VJ. 2000-year-old pathogen genomes reconstructed from metagenomic analysis of Egyptian mummified individuals. BMC Biol. 2020 Aug 28;18(1):108. doi: 10.1186/s12915-020-00839-8. PMID: 32859198; PMCID: PMC7456089.

Tió-Coma M, Avanzi C, Verhard EM, Pierneef L, van Hooij A, Benjak A, Roy JC, Khatun M, Alam K, Corstjens P, Cole ST, Richardus JH, Geluk A. Genomic Characterization of Mycobacterium leprae to Explore Transmission Patterns Identifies New Subtype in Bangladesh. Front Microbiol. 2020 Jun 16;11:1220. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.01220. PMID: 32612587; PMCID: PMC7308449.

Wiersma CJ, Belardinelli JM, Avanzi C, Angala SK, Everall I, Angala B, Kendall E, de Moura VCN, Verma D, Benoit J, Brown KP, Jones V, Malcolm KC, Strong M, Nick JA, Floto RA, Parkhill J, Ordway DJ, Davidson RM, McNeil MR, Jackson M. Cell Surface Remodeling of Mycobacterium abscessus under Cystic Fibrosis Airway Growth Conditions. ACS Infect Dis. 2020 Aug 14;6(8):2143-2154. doi: 10.1021/acsinfecdis.0c00214. Epub 2020 Jul 2. PMID: 32551551.

Avanzi C, Lécorché E, Rakotomalala FA, Benjak A, Rapelanoro Rabenja F, Ramarozatovo LS, Cauchoix B, Rakoto-Andrianarivelo M, Tió-Coma M, Leal-Calvo T, Busso P, Boy-Röttger S, Chauffour A, Rasamoelina T, Andrianarison A, Sendrasoa F, Spencer JS, Singh P, Dashatwar DR, Narang R, Berland JL, Jarlier V, Salgado CG, Moraes MO, Geluk A, Randrianantoandro A, Cambau E, Cole ST. Population Genomics of Mycobacterium leprae Reveals a New Genotype in Madagascar and the Comoros. Front Microbiol. 2020 May 11;11:711. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.00711. PMID: 32477280; PMCID: PMC7233131.

Avanzi C, Maia RC, Benjak A, Nery JA, Sales AM, Miranda A, Duppre NC, Nogueira Brum Fontes A, Pereira da Silva T, Olmo Pinheiro R, Neves-Manta F, Moreira SJM, Busso P, Sarno EN, Suffys PN, Cole ST, Moraes MO. Emergence of Mycobacterium leprae Rifampin Resistance Evaluated by Whole-Genome Sequencing after 48 Years of Irregular Treatment. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2020 Jun 23;64(7):e00330-20. doi: 10.1128/AAC.00330-20. PMID: 32340990; PMCID: PMC7318023.

Röltgen K, Pluschke G, Spencer JS, Brennan PJ, Avanzi C. The immunology of other mycobacteria: M. ulcerans, M. leprae. Semin Immunopathol. 2020 Jun;42(3):333-353. doi: 10.1007/s00281-020-00790-4. Epub 2020 Feb 25. PMID: 32100087; PMCID: PMC7224112.

Schilling AK, Del-Pozo J, Lurz PWW, Stevenson K, Avanzi C, Shuttleworth CM, Cole ST, Meredith AL. Leprosy in red squirrels in the UK. Vet Rec. 2019 Mar 30;184(13):416. doi: 10.1136/vr.l1385. PMID: 30926706.

Schilling AK, Avanzi C, Ulrich RG, Busso P, Pisanu B, Ferrari N, Romeo C, Mazzamuto MV, McLuckie J, Shuttleworth CM, Del-Pozo J, Lurz PWW, Escalante-Fuentes WG, Ocampo-Candiani J, Vera-Cabrera L, Stevenson K, Chapuis JL, Meredith AL, Cole ST. British Red Squirrels Remain the Only Known Wild Rodent Host for Leprosy Bacilli. Front Vet Sci. 2019 Feb 1;6:8. doi: 10.3389/fvets.2019.00008. PMID: 30775369; PMCID: PMC6367869.

Benjak A, Avanzi C, Benito Y, Breysse F, Chartier C, Boschiroli ML, Fourichon C, Michelet L, Pin D, Flandrois JP, Bruyere P, Dumitrescu O, Cole ST, Lina G. Highly Reduced Genome of the New Species Mycobacterium uberis, the Causative Agent of Nodular Thelitis and Tuberculoid Scrotitis in Livestock and a Close Relative of the Leprosy Bacilli. mSphere. 2018 Oct 3;3(5):e00405-18. doi: 10.1128/mSphere.00405-18. PMID: 30282756; PMCID: PMC6170788.

Girma S, Avanzi C, Bobosha K, Desta K, Idriss MH, Busso P, Tsegaye Y, Nigusse S, Hailu T, Cole ST, Aseffa A. Evaluation of Auramine O staining and conventional PCR for leprosy diagnosis: A comparative cross-sectional study from Ethiopia. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2018 Sep 4;12(9):e0006706. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0006706. PMID: 30180155; PMCID: PMC6138420.

da Silva MB, Portela JM, Li W, Jackson M, Gonzalez-Juarrero M, Hidalgo AS, Belisle JT, Bouth RC, Gobbo AR, Barreto JG, Minervino AHH, Cole ST, Avanzi C, Busso P, Frade MAC, Geluk A, Salgado CG, Spencer JS. Evidence of zoonotic leprosy in Pará, Brazilian Amazon, and risks associated with human contact or consumption of armadillos. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2018 Jun 28;12(6):e0006532. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0006532. PMID: 29953440; PMCID: PMC6023134.

Schuenemann VJ, Avanzi C, Krause-Kyora B, Seitz A, Herbig A, Inskip S, Bonazzi M, Reiter E, Urban C, Dangvard Pedersen D, Taylor GM, Singh P, Stewart GR, Velemínský P, Likovsky J, Marcsik A, Molnár E, Pálfi G, Mariotti V, Riga A, Belcastro MG, Boldsen JL, Nebel A, Mays S, Donoghue HD, Zakrzewski S, Benjak A, Nieselt K, Cole ST, Krause J. Ancient genomes reveal a high diversity of Mycobacterium leprae in medieval Europe. PLoS Pathog. 2018 May 10;14(5):e1006997. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1006997. PMID: 29746563; PMCID: PMC5944922.

Benjak A, Avanzi C, Singh P, Loiseau C, Girma S, Busso P, Fontes ANB, Miyamoto Y, Namisato M, Bobosha K, Salgado CG, da Silva MB, Bouth RC, Frade MAC, Filho FB, Barreto JG, Nery JAC, Bührer-Sékula S, Lupien A, Al-Samie AR, Al-Qubati Y, Alkubati AS, Bretzel G, Vera-Cabrera L, Sakho F, Johnson CR, Kodio M, Fomba A, Sow SO, Gado M, Konaté O, Stefani MMA, Penna GO, Suffys PN, Sarno EN, Moraes MO, Rosa PS, Baptista IMFD, Spencer JS, Aseffa A, Matsuoka M, Kai M, Cole ST. Phylogenomics and antimicrobial resistance of the leprosy bacillus Mycobacterium leprae. Nat Commun. 2018 Jan 24;9(1):352. doi: 10.1038/s41467-017-02576-z. PMID: 29367657; PMCID: PMC5783932.

Benjak A, Honap TP, Avanzi C, Becerril-Villanueva E, Estrada-García I, Rojas-Espinosa O, Stone AC, Cole ST. Insights from the Genome Sequence of Mycobacterium lepraemurium: Massive Gene Decay and Reductive Evolution. mBio. 2017 Oct 17;8(5):e01283-17. doi: 10.1128/mBio.01283-17. PMID: 29042494; PMCID: PMC5646247.

Stefani MMA, Avanzi C, Bührer-Sékula S, Benjak A, Loiseau C, Singh P, Pontes MAA, Gonçalves HS, Hungria EM, Busso P, Piton J, Silveira MIS, Cruz R, Schetinni A, Costa MB, Virmond MCL, Diorio SM, Dias-Baptista IMF, Rosa PS, Matsuoka M, Penna MLF, Cole ST, Penna GO. Whole genome sequencing distinguishes between relapse and reinfection in recurrent leprosy cases. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2017 Jun 15;11(6):e0005598. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0005598. PMID: 28617800; PMCID: PMC5498066.

Avanzi C, Del-Pozo J, Benjak A, Stevenson K, Simpson VR, Busso P, McLuckie J, Loiseau C, Lawton C, Schoening J, Shaw DJ, Piton J, Vera-Cabrera L, Velarde-Felix JS, McDermott F, Gordon SV, Cole ST, Meredith AL. Red squirrels in the British Isles are infected with leprosy bacilli. Science. 2016 Nov 11;354(6313):744-747. doi: 10.1126/science.aah3783. PMID: 27846605.

Avanzi C, Busso P, Benjak A, Loiseau C, Fomba A, Doumbia G, Camara I, Lamou A, Sock G, Drame T, Kodio M, Sakho F, Sow SO, Cole ST, Johnson RC. Transmission of Drug-Resistant Leprosy in Guinea-Conakry Detected Using Molecular Epidemiological Approaches. Clin Infect Dis. 2016 Dec 1;63(11):1482-1484. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciw572. Epub 2016 Aug 23. PMID: 27558568.

Singh P, Benjak A, Schuenemann VJ, Herbig A, Avanzi C, Busso P, Nieselt K, Krause J, Vera-Cabrera L, Cole ST. Insight into the evolution and origin of leprosy bacilli from the genome sequence of Mycobacterium lepromatosis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2015 Apr 7;112(14):4459-64. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1421504112. Epub 2015 Mar 23. PMID: 25831531; PMCID: PMC4394283.

Vera-Cabrera L, Escalante-Fuentes W, Ocampo-Garza SS, Ocampo-Candiani J, Molina-Torres CA, Avanzi C, Benjak A, Busso P, Singh P, Cole ST. Mycobacterium lepromatosis Infections in Nuevo León, Mexico. J Clin Microbiol. 2015 Jun;53(6):1945-6. doi: 10.1128/JCM.03667-14. Epub 2015 Mar 25. PMID: 25809978; PMCID: PMC4432033.

Dufay S, Worsley A, Monteillier A, Avanzi C, Sy J, Ng TF, Garcia JM, Lam MF, Vanhoutte P, Wong IC. Herbal tea extracts inhibit Cytochrome P450 3A4 in vitro. J Pharm Pharmacol. 2014 Oct;66(10):1478-90. doi: 10.1111/jphp.12270. Epub 2014 May 13. PMID: 24824478.