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Perceptions of Hansen's Disease in Northeast Brazil: A Community‐Based Study Integrating Stigma, Empowerment, and Social Distance

Tropical Medicine &International Health, Volume 31, Issue 4, Page 465-480, April 2026.
ABSTRACT Perceptions of Hansen’s disease (HD) can influence the level of stigma, empowerment, and intention to distance oneself from those affected by the disease. Knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs shape these perceptions. This study aims to understand perceptions of HD regarding stigma and empowerment. Method: A cross‐sectional, mixed‐methods research
Jaqueline Caracas Barbosa, Aymée Medeiros da Rocha, Hellen Xavier Oliveira, Nágila Nathaly Lima Ferreira, Adriana da Silva dos Reis, Anderson Fuentes Ferreira, Wim H. van Brakel, Anna T. van ‘t Noordende, Duane Charles Hinders, José Alexandre Menezes da Silva, Carmem Emmanuely Leitão Araújo, Rômulo do Nascimento Rocha, Alberto Novaes Ramos Jr   +12 more
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Livedo reticularis in type 2 lepra reaction: A rare presentation

Indian Dermatology Online Journal, 2014
Type 2 lepra reaction or erythema nodosum leprosum (ENL) is an immune complex syndrome that occurs mostly in lepromatous leprosy and sometimes in borderline lepromatous leprosy patients.
Kikkeri Narayanasetty Naveen, Sharatchandra Bhimrao Athanikar, Spandana Prakash Hegde, Vidisha Sharatchandra Athanikar   +3 more
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Autoeficacia en la búsqueda y administración del tratamiento en pacientes con Lepra en Costa Rica

Revista Médica de la Universidad de Costa Rica, 2021
Resumen: El objetivo de la presente investigación fue identificar la autoeficacia relacionada con la búsqueda y con la administración del tratamiento en pacientes con lepra o que han padecido lepra, basados en el Modelo Creencias en Salud en Costa Rica ...
Ana Rivera Chavarría, Germana Sánchez Hernández, Azálea Espinoza Aguirre   +2 more
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Clinical Characteristics and Gene Mutations of Hereditary Spherocytosis in 59 Chinese Children

Molecular Genetics &Genomic Medicine, Volume 14, Issue 3, March 2026.
Summary of the causative genes' spectrum of 59 Chinese HS Children patients. The schematic diagram of ankyrin, β‐spectrin, α‐spectrin, and band three protein domains with ANK1, SPTB, SPTA1, and SLC4A1 mutations. Distribution of mutations in the exons of ANK1 and SPTB genes.
Yuzhuopu Li, Yang Wang, Tao Liu, Li Xiao, Lan Huang, Yongjie Zhang, Yan Xiang, Jie Yu   +7 more
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S1‐Guideline for diagnosis and therapy of necrobiosis lipoidica

JDDG: Journal der Deutschen Dermatologischen Gesellschaft, Volume 24, Issue 3, Page 429-436, March 2026.
Summary Necrobiosis lipoidica (NL) is a rare granulomatous skin disease of unknown etiology that occurs frequently in association with diabetes mellitus and other comorbidities. The predilection site is the lower leg, particularly the pretibial areas. The exact pathogenesis remains unclear.
Cornelia Erfurt‐Berge, Regina Renner, Melanie Peckruhn, Jörg Tittelbach, Dorothea Terhorst‐Molawi, Friederike Kauer, Joachim Dissemond   +6 more
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A MEMÓRIA SOBRE A LEPRA NO DISCURSO FUNDADOR RELIGIOSO

Caminhos, 2020
A partir da acepção de que o discurso religioso é um discurso constituinte e que o termo lepra, associado a uma doença contemporânea, a hanseníase, circula frequentemente dentro deste discurso, discutimos neste artigo como o termo lepra circula ...
Washington da Silva Santos, Edvania Gomes da Silva   +1 more
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Circumscription of the genus Lepra, a recently resurrected genus to accommodate the "Variolaria"-group of Pertusaria sensu lato (Pertusariales, Ascomycota). [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2017
Pertusarialean lichens include more than 300 species belonging to several independent phylogenetic lineages. Only some of these phylogenetic clades have been comprehensively sampled for molecular data, and formally described as genera.
Xinli Wei, Imke Schmitt, Brendan Hodkinson, Adam Flakus, Martin Kukwa, Pradeep K Divakar, Paul M Kirika, Jürgen Otte, Anjuli Meiser, H Thorsten Lumbsch   +9 more
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S1‐Leitlinie Diagnostik und Therapie der Necrobiosis lipoidica

JDDG: Journal der Deutschen Dermatologischen Gesellschaft, Volume 24, Issue 3, Page 429-437, March 2026.
Zusammenfassung Die Necrobiosis lipoidica (NL) ist eine seltene granulomatöse Hauterkrankung unklarer Ätiologie, die gehäuft assoziiert mit Diabetes mellitus und anderen Komorbiditäten auftreten kann. Prädilektionsstellen sind die Unterschenkel, und hier insbesondere die prätibialen Bereiche. Die exakte Pathogenese ist weiterhin unklar.
Cornelia Erfurt‐Berge, Regina Renner, Melanie Peckruhn, Jörg Tittelbach, Dorothea Terhorst‐Molawi, Friederike Kauer, Joachim Dissemond   +6 more
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Recidivas postratamiento de la lepra multibacilar.

Biomédica: revista del Instituto Nacional de Salud, 2004
La persistencia de bacilos viables y la monoterapia con diamino-difenil-sulfona (DDS) son los principales factores que favorecen las recidivas de la lepra. Presentamos 33 pacientes con lepra lepromatosa (LL) diagnosticada 7 a 48 años antes de la recidiva,
Gerzaín Rodríguez, Rafael Pinto, Carlos Laverde, Martha Sarmiento, Angélica Riveros, Jessika Valderrama, Nelly Ordóñez   +6 more
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Identification of Antioxidant, Antimicrobial, and Cytotoxic Compounds From Hymenocardia acida Tul. Using Ultra‐High‐Performance Liquid Chromatography‐Quadrupole Exactive‐Orbitrap‐Mass Spectrometry and Molecular Networking Approach

Chemistry &Biodiversity, Volume 23, Issue 2, February 2026.
ABSTRACT Hymenocardia acida Tul. is a medicinal plant used in Angola to treat microbial diseases. It is a well‐known plant among local populations; however, few studies have focused on the assessment of phytochemicals associated with their biological activities.
Ntsoaki Joyce Malebo, Idah Tichaidza Manduna, Monizi Mawunu, Ramakwala Christinah Chokwe, Bafedile Tlhapi   +4 more
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