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Active surveillance of Hansen's Disease (leprosy): importance for case finding among extra-domiciliary contacts. [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2013 Hansen's disease (leprosy) remains an important health problem in Brazil, where 34,894 new cases were diagnosed in 2010, corresponding to 15.3% of the world's new cases detected in that year. The purpose of this study was to use home visits as a tool for
Maria L N Moura +12 more
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Purification of Mycobacterium leprae RNA for gene expression analysis from leprosy biopsy specimens
BioTechniques, 2003 Gene expression analysis in Mycobacterium leprae, an obligate intracellular pathogen and the etiologic agent of leprosy, has been hampered by the lack of an efficient method to purify RNA from leprosy lesions.
Diana L. Williams +3 more
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International Journal of Mycobacteriology, 2020 Hansen's disease is a chronic infectious granulomatous disease with varied clinical presentation. In the postelimination era, histoid Hansen's disease is an important emerging lepromatous subset known to mimic varied dermatoses, thereby making clinical ...
Vikas Pathania +5 more
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BJS (British Journal of Surgery), EarlyView., 2020 This study investigated postoperative complications after surgery for medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) in Europe. Hypoparathyroidism, recurrent laryngeal nerve palsy and bleeding requiring reoperation occurred in 170 (26·2 per cent), 62 (13·7 per cent) and 17 (2·6 per cent) patients respectively.
D.‐J. van Beek +18 more
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Immunology and Hypersensitivity in the Development of Hansen's Disease
Hansenologia Internationalis, 1998 The primary immune response to M. leprae was therefore studied in rhesus monkeys with advanced SIV infection, and in SIV [-] controls. The percentages of CD4+ and CD8+ T cells were determined over 63 days postinoculation in blood and in cutaneous ...
David M. Scollard
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Early detection os subclinical leprosy
Hansenologia Internationalis, 1998 .
Thomas P. Gillis
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Memories and history of Hansen's disease in Brazil told by witnesses (1960-2000) [PDF]
História, Ciências, Saúde: Manguinhos, 2003 This report is a preliminary result of a survey on memories and history of Hansen's disease, or 'hanseniasis', prepared by the Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz) and the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) using statements from those who have been
Laurinda Rosa Maciel +3 more
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Hansen’s Disease and Patient Writing in Colonial Taiwan’s Sanatorium, 1934-1944: The Affect of the Institution [PDF]
International Journal of Korean History, 2022 In recent years, much attention has been given to people affected by Hansen’s disease who write about their experience of the illness and quarantine policies in Japan.
Kathryn M. Tanaka
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Effects of microenvironment on local regulation of granulomas caused by Mycobaterium leprae
Hansenologia Internationalis, 1998 .
James L., Krahenbuhl
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Hepatology, EarlyView., 2022 Abstract Background and Aims Reliable noninvasive biomarkers are an unmet clinical need for the diagnosis of NASH. This study investigates the diagnostic accuracy of the circulating triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells 2 (plasma TREM2) as a biomarker for NASH in patients with NAFLD and elevated liver stiffness.
Vineesh Indira Chandran +17 more
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