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Leprosy in blood donors

open access: yesTropical Medicine &International Health, Volume 30, Issue 9, Page 1018-1022, September 2025.
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
wiley   +1 more source

Quantitative lateral flow strip assays as user-friendly tools to detect biomarker profiles for leprosy [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
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
core   +10 more sources

Advances in Single‐Cell Sequencing for Infectious Diseases: Progress and Perspectives

open access: yesAdvanced Science, Volume 12, Issue 32, August 28, 2025.
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
wiley   +1 more source

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]

open access: yes, 2009
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.
core   +1 more source

Persistent Facial Nodules in an Elderly Patient

open access: yes
JEADV Clinical Practice, EarlyView.
Qian Ding   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Lucio's phenomenon: exuberant case report and review of Brazilian cases [PDF]

open access: yesAnais Brasileiros de Dermatologia, 2016
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
doaj   +1 more source

Observations on the culture of M.leprae in medium V. [PDF]

open access: yes, 1983
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
core  

Prolonged treatment with recombinant interferon gamma induces erythema nodosum leprosum in lepromatous leprosy patients

open access: yesJournal of Experimental Medicine, 1992
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
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Widespread Skin Lesions in an Italian Man

open access: yes
JEADV Clinical Practice, EarlyView.
Rebecca Donadoni   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Beyond Elimination: Unveiling Leprosy Cases in Far West Nepal

open access: yesClinical Case Reports, Volume 13, Issue 6, June 2025.
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
wiley   +1 more source

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