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Leprosy

Self-care interventions to reduce, prevent or monitor physical disability in those affected by leprosy: Protocol for a systematic review

Matthew Willis, Alexandra Asboeck, Bianca B. C. Amorim, Patricia D. Deps, Anil Fastenau, Melanie Boeckmann

published 30 Oct 2025

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Evaluating effectiveness of self-help groups in reduction of stigma in patients with neglected tropical diseases in Southern Nigeria: A cluster randomised study

Chinwe C. Eze, Ngozi Ekeke, Wim van Brakel, Edmund Ndudi Ossai, Precious Henry, Amaka Onyima-Esmai, Charles C. Nwafor, Ngozi Murphy-Okpala, Anthony Meka, Okechukwu Ezeakile, Martin Njoku, Francis S. Iyama, Chukwuma Anyaike, Daniel Egbule, Joseph Chukwu

published 30 Oct 2025

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Pre-clinical evaluation of a low-cost tool for skin temperature measurements as a proxy to assess autonomic nerve function in leprosy neuropathy

Arjan J. Knulst, Fleur van den Bogaert, Alexander Kuipers, Lieke Roelofs, Jenny Dankelman, Wim Brandsma, Corine Knulst-Verlaan, Suraj Maharjan

published 11 Jul 2025

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Implementation fidelity in leprosy care and support for disability prevention and management in Rupandehi, Nepal: A qualitative study

Sudip Nepal, Ari Probandari, Amit Timilsina, Anisha Shrestha, Prakash Chandra Joshi, Riris Ahmad Andono

published 09 Jul 2025

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Understanding stigma: The experiences of people with drug-sensitive pulmonary tuberculosis in Rawalpindi, Pakistan

Ruby Stein, Anil Fastenau, Hina Aman, Nimer Ortuño-Gutiérrez, Chris Schmotzer, Sophie CW. Unterkircher, Eva Pilot

published 16 Jun 2025

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Health-related quality of life implications of plantar ulcers resulting from neuropathic damage caused by leprosy: An analysis from the trial of autologous blood products (TABLE trial) in Nepal

Naomi Kate Gibbs, Jessica Ochalek, Indra Bahadur Napit, Dilip Shrestha, Pedro Saramago Goncalves, Richard J. Lilford, Mark Sculpher

published 11 Feb 2025

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Pattern, causes and functional outcome of peripheral neuropathies in the Amazon region

Nathalie Deschamps, Mathieu Nacher, Pierre-Marie Preux, Valérie Takam, Romain Blaizot, Beatrice Cenciu, Nadia Sabbah, Bertrand De Toffol

published 20 Dec 2024

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Burden of leprosy and associated risk factors for disabilities in Tanzania from 2017 to 2020

George Mrema, Ally Hussein, Welema Magoge, Vida Mmbaga, Azma Simba, Robert Balama, Emmanuel Nkiligi, Paul Shunda, Deus Kamara, Riziki Kisonga, Gideon Kwesigabo

published 10 Oct 2024

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Role of multisegmental nerve ultrasound in the diagnosis of leprosy neuropathy

Andrea De Martino Luppi, Guilherme Emílio Ferreira, Isabella Sabião Borges, Douglas Eulálio Antunes, Lúcio Araújo, Diogo Fernandes dos Santos, Marcello Henrique Nogueira-Barbosa, Isabela Maria Bernardes Goulart

published 18 Jul 2024

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Understanding the burden of poor mental health and wellbeing among persons affected by leprosy or Buruli ulcer in Nigeria: A community based cross-sectional study

Edmund Ndudi Ossai, Ngozi Ekeke, Amaka Esmai-Onyima, Chinwe Eze, Francis Chinawa, Obiora Iteke, Precious Henry, Joseph N. Chukwu, Charles Nwafor, Ngozi Murphy-Okpala, Martin Njoku, Anthony O. Meka, Chukwuma Anyaike

published 17 Jun 2024

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Toxoplasma gondii infection and high levels of IgE are associated to erythema nodosum leprosy (ENL)

Leticia Silva Nascimento, Yuri Scheidegger de Castro, Jessany de Aquino Figueira, Rebeka da Conceição Souza, Juliana Azevedo da Silva, Edilbert Pellegrini Nahn Júnior, Alba Lucínia Peixoto-Rangel

published 12 Jun 2024

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Identification of potential biomarkers of leprosy: A study based on GEO datasets

Qun Zhou, Ping Shi, Wei dong Shi, Jun Gao, Yi chen Wu, Jing Wan, Li li Yan, Yi Zheng

published 13 May 2024

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An evaluation protocol of ‘Replicability Model’ project for detection and treatment of leprosy and related disability in Chhattisgarh, India

Joydeepa Darlong, Karthikeyan Govindasamy, Onaedo Ilozumba, Sopna Choudhury, Anjali Shrivastva, Frances Griffiths, Samuel Watson, Jo Sartori, Richard Lilford

published 18 Oct 2023

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