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Leprosy

Evaluation of altered patterns of tactile sensation in the diagnosis and monitoring of leprosy using the Semmes-Weinstein monofilaments

Marco Andrey Cipriani Frade, Fred Bernardes Filho, Claudia Maria Lincoln Silva, Glauber Voltan, Filipe Rocha Lima, Thania Loyola Cordeiro Abi-Rached, Natália Aparecida de Paula

published 10 Aug 2022

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The two extremes of Hansen’s disease—Different manifestations of leprosy and their biological consequences in an Avar Age (late 7^th century CE) osteoarchaeological series of the Duna-Tisza Interfluve (Kiskundorozsma–Daruhalom-dűlő II, Hungary)

Olga Spekker, Balázs Tihanyi, Luca Kis, Orsolya Anna Váradi, Helen D. Donoghue, David E. Minnikin, Csaba Szalontai, Tivadar Vida, György Pálfi, Antónia Marcsik, Erika Molnár

published 23 Jun 2022

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Life and death of a leprosy sufferer from the 8^th-century-CE cemetery of Kiskundorozsma–Kettőshatár I (Duna-Tisza Interfluve, Hungary)—Biological and social consequences of having Hansen’s disease in a late Avar Age population from Hungary

Olga Spekker, Balázs Tihanyi, Luca Kis, Csaba Szalontai, Tivadar Vida, György Pálfi, Antónia Marcsik, Erika Molnár

published 18 Feb 2022

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A comparison of three types of targeted, community-based methods aimed at promoting early detection of new leprosy cases in rural parts of three endemic states in India

Karthikeyan Govindasamy, Annamma S. John, Vivek Lal, Mohammad Arif, Raju Moturu Solomon, Jyoti Ghosal, Ambarish Dutta

published 14 Dec 2021

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The red flags of ulnar neuropathy in leprosy

Márcia Jardim, Robson T. Vital, Ximena Illarramendi, Mariana Hacker, Beatriz Junqueira, Izabela J. R. Pitta, Roberta O. Pinheiro, Euzenir N. Sarno

published 19 Nov 2021

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Latent leprosy infection identified by dual RLEP and anti-PGL-I positivity: Implications for new control strategies

Moises Batista da Silva, Wei Li, Raquel Carvalho Bouth, Angélica Rita Gobbo, Ana Caroline Cunha Messias, Tania Mara Pires Moraes, Erika Vanessa Oliveira Jorge, Josafá Gonçalves Barreto, Fred Bernardes Filho, Guilherme Augusto Barros Conde, Marco Andrey Cipriani Frade, Claudio Guedes Salgado, John Stewart Spencer

published 13 May 2021

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Mycobacterium leprae promotes triacylglycerol de novo synthesis through induction of GPAT3 expression in human premonocytic THP-1 cells

Kazunari Tanigawa, Yasuhiro Hayashi, Kotaro Hama, Atsushi Yamashita, Kazuaki Yokoyama, Yuqian Luo, Akira Kawashima, Yumi Maeda, Yasuhiro Nakamura, Ayako Harada, Mitsuo Kiriya, Ken Karasawa, Koichi Suzuki

published 26 Mar 2021

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Human major infections: Tuberculosis, treponematoses, leprosy—A paleopathological perspective of their evolution

Maciej Henneberg, Kara Holloway-Kew, Teghan Lucas

published 25 Feb 2021

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Psychometric assessment of the EMIC Stigma Scale for Brazilians affected by leprosy

Fabiane Frota da Rocha Morgado, Erika Maria Kopp Xavier da Silveira, Lilian Pinheiro Rodrigues do Nascimento, Anna Maria Sales, José Augusto da Costa Nery, Euzenir Nunes Sarno, Ximena Illarramendi

published 17 Sep 2020

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Trends and forecasts of leprosy for a hyperendemic city from Brazil’s northeast: Evidence from an eleven-year time-series analysis

Antônio Carlos Vieira Ramos, Dulce Gomes, Marcelino Santos Neto, Thaís Zamboni Berra, Ivaneliza Simionato de Assis, Mellina Yamamura, Juliane de Almeida Crispim, José Francisco Martoreli Júnior, Alexandre Tadashi Inomata Bruce, Felipe Lima dos Santos, Ludmilla Leidianne Limirio Souza, Yan Mathias Alves, Hamilton Leandro Pinto de Andrade, Marcos Augusto Moraes Arcoverde, Flávia Meneguetti Pieri, Ricardo Alexandre Arcêncio

published 07 Aug 2020

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Tuberculoid leprosy: An in vivo microvascular evaluation of cutaneous lesions

Livia Pino, Maria das Graças Coelho de Souza, Omar Lupi, Eliete Bouskela

published 13 Jan 2020

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Validation of a cross-NTD toolkit for assessment of NTD-related morbidity and disability. A cross-cultural qualitative validation of study instruments in Colombia

Janneke Fischer, Benita Jansen, Alberto Rivera, Libardo J. Gómez, Martha C. Barbosa, Jorge L. Bilbao, José M. González, Luis Restrepo, Yesenia Vidal, Ruth M. H. Peters, Wim H. van Brakel

published 03 Dec 2019

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Determinants of mortality among patients with drug-resistant tuberculosis in northern Nigeria

Mamman Bajehson, Baba Maiyaki Musa, Mustapha Gidado, Bassey Nsa, Useni Sani, Ahmad T. Habibu, Ibrahim Aliyu, Tijjani Hussaini, AbdulRasheed Yusuf, Yakubu Gida

published 19 Nov 2019

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