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At the intersection of disability and masculinity: Exploring gender and bodily difference in India [PDF]

, 2011
This is the accepted version of the following article: STAPLES, J. (2011), At the intersection of disability and masculinity: exploring gender and bodily difference in India. Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, 17: 545–562.
Staples, J
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Relationship between psychological health and quality of life of people affected by leprosy in the community in Guangdong province, China: a cross-sectional study

BMC Public Health, 2019
Background This paper investigates the relationship between psychological health and quality of life (QOL) of people affected by leprosy (PAL) living in a community in Guangdong province, China.
Mingzhou Xiong, Xiaohua Wang, Ting Su, Bin Yang, Ming Li, Daocheng Zheng   +5 more
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Advances in the Immunology and Genetics of Leprosy

Frontiers in Immunology, 2020
Leprosy, a disease caused by the intracellular parasite Mycobacterium leprae or Mycobacterium lepromatosis, has affected humans for more than 4,000 years and is a stigmatized disease even now.
Zihao Mi, Hong Liu, Furen Zhang
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The Impact of Leprosy on Marital Relationships and Sexual Health among Married Women in Eastern Nepal

Journal of Tropical Medicine, 2016
Background. Leprosy is one of the most stigmatized diseases known today. The stigma surrounding leprosy can be a major burden and affects many dimensions of a person’s life, including intimate relationships.
Anna T. van ’t Noordende, Wim H. van Brakel, Nandlal Banstola, Krishna P. Dhakal   +3 more
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Evaluation of the economic burden of leprosy among migrant and resident patients in Guangdong Province, China

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2017
Background A lot of time and money was needed during the diagnosis and treatment process of leprosy, the delayed leprosy would also impair the labor capability of patients as well, and these put a heavy burden for the leprosy patients.
Mingzhou Xiong, Ming Li, Daocheng Zheng, Xiaohua Wang, Ting Su, Yongfeng Chen, Bin Yang   +6 more
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Cytosolic proteome profiling of aminoglycosides resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis clinical isolates using MALDI-TOF/MS

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2016
Emergence of extremely drug resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) is the consequence of the failure of second line TB treatment. Aminoglycosides are the important second line anti-TB drugs used to treat the multi drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB).
Divakar Sharma, Manju Lata, Rananjay Singh, Nirmala Deo, Krishnamurthy Venkatesan, Deepa Bisht   +5 more
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Leprosy in elderly and children among new cases – A 3-year retrospective study

Indian Dermatology Online Journal, 2021
Background: Leprosy occurs in all age groups, with adults constituting the majority. However, leprosy in children always drew the attention of epidemiologists as a guide to transmission of leprosy.
Potharaju Arunraghav, Kallappa Herakal
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Anti-tumor necrosis factor-alpha therapy during murine Klebsiella pneumoniae bacteremia: increased mortality in the absence of liver injury. [PDF]

, 2003
Klebsiella pneumoniae is a leading cause of gram-negative bacterial pneumonia, often resulting in bacteremia concurrent with the localized pulmonary infection.
Cogen, Anna L, Lau, Helen Y, Monteleon, Christine L, Moore, Thomas A, Standiford, Theodore J   +4 more
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Clustering of leprosy beyond the household level in a highly endemic setting on the Comoros, an observational study

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2019
Background The island of Anjouan (Comoros) is highly endemic for leprosy with an annual incidence of 5–10/10,000. In May/June, 2015 single-dose Rifampicin post-exposure prophylaxis (SDR-PEP) was administered to 269 close contacts of 70 leprosy-patients ...
Nimer Ortuno-Gutierrez, Abdallah Baco, Sofie Braet, Assoumani Younoussa, Aboubacar Mzembaba, Zahara Salim, Mohamed Amidy, Saverio Grillone, Bouke C. de Jong, Jan Hendrik Richardus, Epco Hasker   +10 more
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Protocol, rationale and design of PEOPLE (Post ExpOsure Prophylaxis for LEprosy in the Comoros and Madagascar): a cluster randomized trial on effectiveness of different modalities of implementation of post-exposure prophylaxis of leprosy contacts

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2019
Background Leprosy is an ancient infectious disease with a global annual incidence that has plateaued above 200,000 new cases since over a decade. New strategies are required to overcome this stalemate.
Nimer Ortuno-Gutierrez, Assoumani Younoussa, Andriamira Randrianantoandro, Sofie Braet, Bertrand Cauchoix, Stéphanie Ramboarina, Abdallah Baco, Aboubacar Mzembaba, Zahara Salim, Mohamed Amidy, Saverio Grillone, Jan Hendrik Richardus, Bouke C. de Jong, Epco Hasker   +13 more
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