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Serological Evidence of Soil‐Transmitted Helminth Infections as a Potential Risk for Severity in Leprosy Patients

Tropical Medicine &International Health, Volume 30, Issue 10, Page 1115-1123, October 2025.
ABSTRACT Leprosy presents a broad clinical spectrum influenced by the host's immune response, and co‐infections may further modulate disease progression. This study evaluated clinically diagnosed leprosy patients (n = 251) from Sergipe and Minas Gerais, Brazil, along with healthy controls (n = 43), soil‐transmitted helminths‐positive controls (n = 15),
Ana Laura Grossi de Oliveira, Augusto César Parreiras de Jesus, Ramayana Morais de Medeiros Brito, Jordânia Costa‐Pinto, Tatyane Martins Cirilo, José Bryan Rihs, Marcelo Eduardo Cardozo, Lilian Lacerda Bueno, Luisa Mourão Dias Magalhães, Ricardo Toshio Fujiwara   +9 more
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Atypical Manifestations of Old World Cutaneous Leishmaniasis: A Systematic Review and Clinical Atlas of Unusual Clinical and Specific Anatomical Presentations

Health Science Reports, Volume 8, Issue 9, September 2025.
ABSTRACT Background and Aims Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) represents the most common form of leishmaniasis. It imposes a significant medical burden due to long‐lasting ulcers and disfiguring scars, underscoring the need for comprehensive CL control strategies, particularly in endemic regions.
Bahareh Abtahi‐Naeini, Seyed Naser Emadi, Zabihollah Shahmoradi, Mahsa Pourmahdi‐Boroujeni, Ali Saffaei, Fereshte Rastegarnasab   +5 more
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Immunohistochemical characterization of the M4 macrophage population in leprosy skin lesions

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2018
Background Since macrophages are one of the major cell types involved in the Mycobacterium leprae immune response, roles of the M1 and M2 macrophage subpopulations have been well defined. However, the role of M4 macrophages in leprosy or other infectious
Jorge Rodrigues de Sousa, Francisco Dias Lucena Neto, Mirian Nacagami Sotto, Juarez Antonio Simões Quaresma   +3 more
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Lepromatous leprosy and human immunodeficiency virus co-infection associated with phenomenon of Lucio versus immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome

Infectio
: Diffuse lepromatous leprosy (DLL) is a severe clinical outcome of lepromatous leprosy (LL). The aetiologic cause is believed to be different from Mycobacterium leprae.
Héctor Alejandro Serrano-Coll, Juan Camilo Beltrán-Alzate, Sonia Milena Buitrago, Nora Cardona-Castro   +3 more
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Histoid leprosy in a 12-year-old child: A rare presentation

Indian Journal of Paediatric Dermatology, 2016
Histoid leprosy is a clinical variant of nodular form of lepromatous leprosy. De novo histoid leprosy in children is a rare clinical presentation. We hereby report a case of a 12-year-old child presenting with lesions of histoid leprosy.
Sandeep Anilrao Kulkarni, Namrata Chhabra, Neel Prabha   +2 more
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Two pathogens, one disease: Rethinking leprosy diversification through ancient and modern genomes

Clinical and Translational Medicine, Volume 16, Issue 2, February 2026.
Maria Lopopolo, Charlotte Avanzi, Nicolás Rascovan   +2 more
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HLA-B27-Positive Leprosy Masquerading as Peripheral Spondyloarthritis: A Case Report

Case Reports in Dermatology
Introduction: Leprosy, caused by Mycobacterium leprae, is primarily characterized by cutaneous and peripheral nerve involvement. Nonetheless, musculoskeletal manifestations are also frequently observed and are commonly misdiagnosed as ...
Qian Peng, Afang Xu, Qijing Xiao, Xiaobing Wang   +3 more
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Analysis of clinical data and T helper 1/T helper 2 responses in patients with different clinical forms of leprosy

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
INTRODUCTION: Currently, there are no laboratory tests or sensitive and specific molecular markers for the early diagnosis of leprosy. The aim of this study was to analyze the clinical characteristics of patients with leprosy and investigate their ...
Ricardo Wilson de Pinho Rodrigues, Afonso Bezerra Ribeiro, Gilcele de Campos Martin Berber, LeeYun Sheng, Amilcar Sabino Damazo   +4 more
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Clinical variables associated with disability in leprosy cases in northeast Brazil

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2015
Introduction: The clinical outcomes of leprosy include complications such as physical disabilities and deformities that vary according to the degree of impairment of nerve trunks.
Victor Santana Santos, Andressa Mayara Santos de Matos, Lorena Sheila Alves de Oliveira, Ligia Mara Dolce de Lemos, Ricardo Queiroz Gurgel, Francisco Prado Reis, Vanessa Tavares de Gois Santos, Vera Lúcia Corrêa Feitosa   +7 more
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Renal involvement in leprosy: retrospective analysis of 461 cases in Brazil

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
BACKGROUND: Renal lesions in leprosy have been extensively described, including amyloidosis, glomerulonephritis, nephrosclerosis, tubulointerstitial nephritis and granulomas.
Geraldo Bezerra da Silva Júnior, Elizabeth De Francesco Daher   +1 more
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