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Abstract Objectives We investigated the prevalence of anti‐phenolic glycolipid‐I (PGL‐I) IgM antibodies among temporarily unfit blood donors at the Pará State Blood Bank (HEMOPA), located in the Amazon region of northern Brazil. Using an arbitrary high cutoff for optical density (OD ≥0.750) in ELISA, a subset of donors was invited for clinical ...
Erika Vanessa Oliveira Jorge +12 more
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Quantitative lateral flow strip assays as user-friendly tools to detect biomarker profiles for leprosy [PDF]
Leprosy is a debilitating, infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium leprae. Despite the availability of multidrug therapy, transmission is unremitting. Thus, early identification of M. leprae infection is essential to reduce transmission.
Alam, K. (Korshed) +10 more
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Advances in Single‐Cell Sequencing for Infectious Diseases: Progress and Perspectives
Single‐cell sequencing technologies uncover novel, unknown, and emergent features of many diseases. This review describes recent progress of single‐cell sequencing technologies and their applications in infectious diseases, summarizes the underlying commonalities of different infections and discusses future research directions, facilitating the ...
Mengyuan Lyu +13 more
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Proceedings of a Joint Meeting held between The Norwegian Society of Infectious Diseases and the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Oslo, 20th June 2008 [PDF]
The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (RSTMH) has a tradition of holding joint meetings with fellow European Societies, providing opportunities to facilitate discussion, exchange information, foster mutual interests and develop collaboration
Myrvang, Bjorn, Newport, Melanie J.
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Persistent Facial Nodules in an Elderly Patient
JEADV Clinical Practice, EarlyView.
Qian Ding +2 more
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Lucio's phenomenon: exuberant case report and review of Brazilian cases [PDF]
Lucio’s phenomenon is an uncommon reaction characterized by severe necrotizing cutaneous lesions that occurs in patients with Lucio’s leprosy and lepromatous leprosy. It is considered by some authors as a variant of type 2 or 3 reaction.
Rafael Henrique Rocha +5 more
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Observations on the culture of M.leprae in medium V. [PDF]
This paper reports the preliminary findings of an investigation using Medium V for culture of M. leprae. The medium was prepared adhering to the procedures adopted by Veeraraghavan.
Hari, Lalitha +2 more
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10 patients with borderline and lepromatous leprosy were selected for a prolonged trial with recombinant interferon gamma (rIFN-gamma). Patients received 30 micrograms intradermally for six injections over a 9-d period, and then either 100 micrograms ...
Elizabeth E Sampaio +4 more
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Widespread Skin Lesions in an Italian Man
JEADV Clinical Practice, EarlyView.
Rebecca Donadoni +7 more
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Beyond Elimination: Unveiling Leprosy Cases in Far West Nepal
ABSTRACT Leprosy, one of the Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs), can be diagnosed based on any of its three characteristics: a hypopigmented or reddish skin patch with sensory loss, thickened peripheral nerves with sensory impairment, and a positive skin smear for acid‐fast bacilli (AFB).
Smriti Lama Thing +5 more
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