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Leprosy [PDF]

Nature Reviews Disease Primers
Leprosy, also known as Hansen's disease, is a curable granulomatous condition caused by Mycobacterium leprae or Mycobacterium lepromatosis, disproportionately affecting impoverished communities across the globe. The bacteria's tropism for dermal histiocytes, endothelial cells, and Schwann cells causes neuronal and dermal damage that often results in ...
Roberta O Pinheiro, Annemieke Geluk, Stephen L Walker   +2 more
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Conceptualising quality early childhood education: Learning from young children in Brazil and South Africa through creative and play‐based methods

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView., 2023
Abstract Early childhood has increasingly been acknowledged as a vital time for all children. Inclusive and quality education is part of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, with the further specification that all children have access to quality pre‐primary education.
Laura H. V. Wright, Irene Rizzini, Malibongwe Gwele, Lynn McNair, Cristina Laclette Porto, Marsha Orgill, E. Kay M. Tisdall, Malcolm Bush, Linda Biersteker   +8 more
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Leprosy [PDF]

The Boston Medical and Surgical Journal, 1904
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Pride and prejudice--identity and stigma in leprosy work. [PDF]

, 2011
This article sets out to expand the way stigma, and those affected by it, are understood within leprosy discourse and to apply these insights to the analysis of the experiences of leprosy workers.
Harris, Kristine
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The spatial distribution of leprosy cases during 15 years of a leprosy control program in Bangladesh: An observational study [PDF]

, 2008
BACKGROUND: An uneven spatial distribution of leprosy can be caused by the influence of geography on the distribution of risk factors over the area, or by population characteristics that are heterogeneously distributed over the area.
Chowdhury, SK, Chowdhury, S. (Susmita), Fischer EAJ, SK Chowdhury, Richardus JH, Pahan, D. (David), EAJ Fischer, Richardus, J.H., Chowdhury, S.K., Fischer, EAJ, Pahan, D, Fischer, E.A.J., pahan, D., Fisher, E. (Eric), Pahan D, Richardus, Jan hendrik; id_orcid, Chowdhury SK, Richardus, J.H. (Jan Hendrik), JH Richardus, D Pahan   +19 more
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Migration and leprosy in Brazil [PDF]

, 2014
Background: Leprosy is among the Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs), and is an endemic public health problem in high-risk clusters throughout Brazil. Leprosy is caused by the intracellular bacteria Mycobacterium leprae, affecting the skin and peripheral ...
Murto, Christine
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Patterns of migration and risks associated with leprosy among migrants in Maranhão, Brazil [PDF]

, 2013
Leprosy remains a public health problem in Brazil with new case incidence exceeding World Health Organization (WHO) goals in endemic clusters throughout the country.
Heukelbach, Jorg, Jorg Heukelbach, Schwarz Karolin, da Costa Lea Marcia Melo, Murto, Christine, Murto Christine, Charles Kaplan, Charles Kaplan (507), Frédérique Chammartin, Heukelbach Jorg, Chammartin, Frédérique, Schwarz, Karolin, Kaplan, Charles, Christine Murto (454818), Lea Marcia Melo da Costa (454821), Lea Marcia Melo da Costa, Frédérique Chammartin (454819), Chammartin Frédérique, Karolin Schwarz, Jorg Heukelbach (142653), Kaplan Charles, da Costa, Lea Marcia Melo, Christine Murto, Karolin Schwarz (454820), Chammartin F, da Costa LM, Schwarz K, Murto C, Kaplan C, Heukelbach J   +29 more
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Cytokine and protein markers of leprosy reactions in skin and nerves: baseline results for the North Indian INFIR cohort. [PDF]

, 2011
BACKGROUND: Previous studies investigating the role of cytokines in the pathogenesis of leprosy have either been on only small numbers of patients or have not combined clinical and histological data.
Lavanya Suneetha, Mohammed Ismail, Ismail Mohammed, Suneetha Lavanya, Diana N J Lockwood, Nicholls, Peter, Chaduvula Meher Vani, Smith W. C., Wim van Brakel, Diana N. J. Lockwood, Lockwood, Diana NJ, Sagili Karuna Devi, Smith, WC, Mohammed, Ismail, Suneetha, Sujai, Suneetha Sujai, van Brakel Wim, Suneetha, Lavanya, Sagili, Karuna Devi, van Brakel, Wim, Karuna Devi Sagili, Sujai Suneetha, Lockwood Diana N. J., Nicholls Peter, W. C. Smith, W C Smith, Chaduvula, Meher Vani, Peter Nicholls, Meher Vani Chaduvula   +28 more
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Analysis of antibody and cytokine markers for leprosy nerve damage and reactions in the INFIR cohort in India. [PDF]

, 2011
BACKGROUND: The ILEP Nerve Function Impairment in Reaction (INFIR) is a cohort study designed to identify predictors of reactions and nerve function impairment (NFI) in leprosy.
Vidyagouri Shinde, Lavanya Suneetha, Karuna Devi, Wim H. van Brakel, Shinde, V., Suneetha Lavanya, Diana N J Lockwood, Jadhav, Rupendra, Nicholls Peter G., Peter G Nicholls, Chaduvula Meher Vani, Suneetha, L., Kamble Ravindra, Devi, K., Raju, Renuka, Jadhav Rupendra, Devi Karuna, Peter G. Nicholls, Diana N. J. Lockwood, Kamble, Ravindra, Lockwood, Diana NJ, Jadhav, R., Chaduvula, M.V., Suneetha, Sujai, Lockwood, D.N.J., Suneetha Sujai, Suneetha, Lavanya, van Brakel, Wim H, van Brakel Wim H., Wim H van Brakel, Raju, R., Suneetha, S., Devi, Karuna, Sujai Suneetha, Nicholls, Peter G, Kamble, R., Lockwood Diana N. J., Rupendra Jadhav, Nicholls, P.G., Shinde, Vidyagouri, Chaduvula, Meher Vani, Shinde Vidyagouri, van Brakel, W.H., Raju Renuka, Renuka Raju, Ravindra Kamble, Meher Vani Chaduvula   +46 more
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Leprosy [PDF]

Clinical Microbiology Reviews, 1988
Leprosy affects over 10 million people in the world. The disease is a model of graded cell-mediated immunity, in this case to the causative organism, Mycobacterium leprae. The clinical manifestations are due to (i) bacterial progression, (ii) immunologic responses of the host, (iii) peripheral nerve damage due to either or both bacterial progression ...
R C, Hastings, T P, Gillis, J L, Krahenbuhl, S G, Franzblau   +3 more
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