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A colorimetric PCR method for the detection of M. leprae in skin biopsies from leprosy patients [PDF]

open access: yes, 1994
A one-tube nested polymerase chain reaction (PCR) method for the diagnosis of paucibacillary leprosy was developed using the repetitive RLEP sequence as a target.

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Paracoccidioidomycosis in Brazil: 25‐Year Nationwide Trends in Mortality, Hospitalisations and In‐Hospital Deaths of a Neglected Systemic Mycosis

open access: yesTropical Medicine &International Health, Volume 31, Issue 7, Page 875-894, July 2026.
ABSTRACT Objective To analyse mortality, hospitalisations and in‐hospital mortality related to paracoccidioidomycosis (PCM) in Brazil, 2000–2024, from a spatio‐temporal and social inequalities perspective. Methods We conducted a mixed ecological study using death certificates from the Mortality Information System and hospital admissions from the ...
Anderson Fuentes Ferreira   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

My struggle against leprosy / [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
"Yohei Sasakawa's introductory pages to more than 90 issues of the WHO Goodwill Ambassador's Newsletter for the Elimination of Leprosy ... and 20 articles on anti-leprosy themes that Sasakawa issued through the HuffPost"--Publisher's description."A ...
Sasakawa, Yōhei(viaf)10012521   +2 more
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CIRCULATING IMMUNE-COMPLEXES IN LEPROSY SERA - DEMONSTRATION OF ANTIBODIES AGAINST MYCOBACTERIAL GLYCOLIPIDIC ANTIGENS IN ISOLATED IMMUNE-COMPLEXES [PDF]

open access: yes, 1993
Circulating immune complexes (CIC) were assayed in sera of leprosy patients. Using an immunoassay for two mycobacterial antigens-phenolic glycolipid-I (PGL-I) and glycolipid IV (SL-IV)-sera from 65 patients with leprosy (38 lepromatous, 18 borderline ...
David, H. L.   +4 more
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Chromosomal Aberrations In Cultures Of Skin Fibroblasts Of Leprosy Patients [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
A search for structural and numerical chromosomal aberrations was made on metaphases obtained by culturing in vitro skin fibroblasts of 16 leprosy patients (10 lepromatous, 2 borderline, and 4 tuberculoid cases) and 2 healthy individuals used as controls.
Hackel C., Beiguelman B.
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Scherlievo disease: A forgotten endemic treponematosis of the 18th–19th century Balkans

open access: yes
Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology, Volume 40, Issue 7, Page 1134-1136, July 2026.
Alberto Zanatta   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Leprosy And Acquired Factor Viii Inhibitor: A Case Report [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
In this report we describe a case of factor VIII inhibitor appearing in a man with leprosy, with comments on the clinical presentation of the disease, laboratory findings and outcome of the patient ...
Machado T.F.G.S.   +1 more
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Nerve Biopsy In The Diagnosis Of Leporsy

open access: yesIndian Journal of Dermatology, 1997
Skin and nerve biopsies were done in 33 cases of different clinical types of leprosy selected from Dermatology OPD of Medical College and Hospitals, Calcutta during 1994-95.
Hazra B   +5 more
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Is nullity for Glutathione S-transferase genes GSTT1 and GSTM1 protective against leprosy? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Introduction: Leprosy is a slow and progressive infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium leprae. The generation of free radicals called reactive oxygen species (ROS), which promote destruction of the bacillus within macrophages, is an effective defence
Tonelli-Nardi, Susilene Maria   +9 more
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Laryngeal lesion in leprosy and the risk of aspiration [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
Leprosy affects the larynx, damaging its mucosa and sensory nerves and loss of sensation may result in aspiration of food and secretions. The laryngeal lesion may be insidious.
De Souza, Lucijane B.   +2 more
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