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The spatial epidemiology of leprosy in Kenya: A retrospective study.

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2019
BackgroundLeprosy elimination defined as a registered prevalence rate of less than 1 case per 10,000 persons was achieved in Kenya at the national level in 1989.
Fatihiyya Wangara, Hillary Kipruto, Oscar Ngesa, James Kayima, Enos Masini, Joseph Sitienei, Faith Ngari   +6 more
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Experimental models of leprosy

Vestnik Dermatologii i Venerologii, 2017
Leprosy (Hansen’s disease) is a chronic granulomatous bacterial disease which mainly affects skin and peripheral nervous system. Leprosy is caused by the obligate intercellular pathogen known as Mycobacterium leprae.
A. A. Kubanov, A. E. Karamova, A. A. Vorontsova, P. A. Kalinina   +3 more
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Doing Business in Addis Ababa: Case Studies of Women Entrepreneurs with Disabilities in Ethiopia [PDF]

, 2003
[From Preface] The ILO Technical Cooperation Project, Developing Entrepreneurship among Women with Disabilities , is being implemented in Ethiopia by the Ethiopian Federation of Persons with Disabilities (EFPD) and the Tigray Disabled Veterans ...
International Labour Organization
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Performance of general health workers in leprosy control activities at public health facilities in Amhara and Oromia States, Ethiopia. [PDF]

, 2016
BACKGROUND: Leprosy is a chronic infectious disease of public health importance and one of the leading causes of permanent physical disability. Nevertheless, the drop in prevalence following multidrug therapy has resulted in the neglect of leprosy.
Abeje, Tadiye, Aseffa, Abraham, Beyene, Demissew, Bobosha, Kidist, Fenta, Melkamu, Hailu, Tsegaye, Hassen, Ismaile, Kebede, Eshetu, Lema, Tsehainesh, Negasa, Megersa, Negera, Edessa, Shiguti, Birru, Yamuah, Lawrence   +12 more
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Visibly Enlarged Feeder Nerves in Hansen's Disease: A Diagnostic Beacon

JEADV Clinical Practice, EarlyView.
Sunil Jaiswal, Shraddha Uprety, Pratichya Thapa, Prakriti Lamichhane   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sex matters in CSU: Women face greater burden and poorer urticaria control, especially in midlife—CURE insights

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology, EarlyView.
Chronic spontaneous urticaria affects more females than males, with predominance starting at age 31. The rates of several symptoms, including angioedema, sleep disturbance and systemic symptoms, are significantly higher in females than in males. Overall, females face greater burden and poorer urticaria control.
Emek Kocatürk, Pascale Salameh, Riccardo Asero, Mojca Bizjak, Ana Gimenez‐Arnau, Clive Grattan, David Pesqué, Nidia Planella‐Fontanillas, Leonie Shirin Herzog, Thomas Buttgereit, Hanna Bonnekoh, Daria Fomina, Elena Kovalkova, Marina Lebedkina, Alicja Kasperska‐Zajac, Magdalena Zając, Mateusz Zamłyński, Kanokvalai Kulthanan, Papapit Tuchinda, Maryam Khoshkhui, Zohreh Hassanpour, Jonny Peter, Aurelie Du‐Thanh, Raisa Meshkova, Mohamed Abuzakouk, Michael Makris, Laurence Bouillet, Alexis Bocquet, Stamatios Gregoriou, Simon Francis Thomsen, Joachim Dissemond, Petra Staubach, Andrea Bauer, Inna Danilycheva, Martijn van Doorn, Claudio Parisi, Martin Metz, Joachim W. Fluhr, Torsten Zuberbier, Karsten Weller, Pavel Kolkhir   +40 more
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Persistent Facial Nodules in an Elderly Patient

JEADV Clinical Practice, EarlyView.
Qian Ding, Qin‐Si Liu, Heng‐Guang Zhao   +2 more
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Deep and disseminated dermatophytosis in immunocompromised populations—A systematic review

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology, EarlyView.
Dermatophyte infections of the dermis and subcutaneous tissue (i.e. deep dermatophytosis)—associated with secondary complications including pseudomycetoma and systemic dissemination—affect vulnerable populations with primary or acquired immunodeficiencies.
Aditya K. Gupta, Tong Wang, Susmita, Ditte Marie L. Saunte, Roderick Hay, Vincent Piguet   +5 more
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An enhanced regimen as post-exposure chemoprophylaxis for leprosy: PEP++

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2018
The ongoing transmission of Mycobacterium (M.) leprae reflected in a very slow decline in leprosy incidence, forces us to be innovative and conduct cutting-edge research.
Liesbeth F Mieras, Anna T Taal, Wim H van Brakel, Emmanuelle Cambau, Paul R Saunderson, W Cairns S Smith, Cita Rosita S Prakoeswa, Linda Astari, David M Scollard, Dejair Caitano do Nascimento, Jacques Grosset, Hemanta K Kar, Shinzo Izumi, Laura Gillini, Marcos C L Virmond, Marieke G G Sturkenboom   +15 more
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From leprosy to ground zero: Imagining futures in a world of elimination

Medical Anthropology Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract Achieving a target of zero—zero disease, zero disability, and zero discrimination—has become the dominant focus of campaigns to control or eliminate diseases, from HIV/AIDS to malaria to leprosy. Given the historical failure of most eradication programs over the last century, such teleological imaginings of disease‐free futures might seem ...
James Staples
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