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Negligible risk of inducing resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis with single-dose rifampicin as post-exposure prophylaxis for leprosy [PDF]

, 2016
Post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) for leprosy is administered as one single dose of rifampicin (SDR) to the contacts of newly diagnosed leprosy patients. SDR reduces the risk of developing leprosy among contacts by around 60 % in the first 2-3 years after ...
Richard Anthony, Steinmann, P. (Peter), Mieras, Liesbeth, Bratschi, M W, Jan Hendrik Richardus, Kasang, C. (Christa), Arielle Cavaliero, Mieras, L. (Liesbeth), Lee Reichman, Jacques van den Broek, Cavaliero, A. (Arielle), Christa Kasang, Yew, W.W. (Wing Wai), Anthony, R, van Brakel, Wim, Reichman, L, Emmanuelle Cambau, Anthony, Richard, Steinmann, Peter, Perera, G, Saunderson, P. (Paul), Saunderson, Paul, Cavaliero, Arielle, Saunderson, P, Richardus, Jan hendrik; id_orcid, Kasang, Christa, van den Broek, Jacques, Kasang, C, Richardus, J.H. (Jan Hendrik), Cavaliero, A, Cambau, E. (Emmanuelle), Peter Steinmann, Anthony, R. (Richard), Yew, W W, Reichman, L. (Lee), Mieras, L, Yew, Wing Wai, Perera, G. (Geethal), Richardus, Jan Hendrik, Wim van Brakel, Brakel, W.H. (Wim) van, Bratschi, M.W. (Martin W.), Paul Saunderson, van Brakel, W, Cambau, E, Reichman, Lee, van den Broek, J, Bratschi, Martin W., Steinmann, P, Cambau, Emmanuelle, Geethal Perera, Wing Wai Yew, van den Broek, J. (Jacques), Perera, Geethal, Liesbeth Mieras, Martin W. Bratschi   +55 more
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Integration of leprosy elimination into primary health care in orissa, India. [PDF]

, 2009
BACKGROUND: Leprosy was eliminated as a public health problem (
Rao Bandaru Bhaskar, Soutar Douglas, Surendra Pati, Siddiqui, M Ruby, Bijaya M Ojha, Velidi, Nageswara Rao, Nilambar Rath, Siddiqui M. Ruby, Ranganadha Rao Pemmaraju V., Bandaru Bhaskar Rao, Porter John D. H., Nageswara Rao Velidi, Rao, Bandaru Bhaskar, Amiya K Bhanjadeo, Porter, John DH, Bhanjadeo Amiya K., Pati Surendra, Bhanjadeo, Amiya K, Velidi Nageswara Rao, Ojha, Bijaya M, Pati, Surendra, Soutar, Douglas, Rath, Nilambar, John D H Porter, Kodyur Krishna Moorthy, Ranganadha Rao, Pemmaraju V, Ojha Bijaya M., Douglas Soutar, Krishna Moorthy Kodyur, Pemmaraju V Ranganadha Rao, Rath Nilambar, Kanungo, Akshay K, Kanungo Akshay K., Akshay K Kanungo, M Ruby Siddiqui, Krishna Moorthy, Kodyur   +35 more
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The INFIR Cohort Study: investigating prediction, detection and pathogenesis of neuropathy and reactions in leprosy. Methods and baseline results of a cohort of multibacillary leprosy patients in North India [PDF]

, 2005
The aim of this study was to find predictors of neuropathy and reactions, determine the most sensitive methods for detecting peripheral neuropathy, study the pathogenesis of neuropathy and reactions and create a bank of specimen, backed up by detailed ...
Desikan, K.V., Barkataki, P, Maddali, P., Wilder-Smith, E., Maddali, Pranava, Suneetha, SK, Desikan, KV, Das, Loretta, Nicholls, PG, Suneetha, S.K., Das, L., Lockwood, Diana NJ, Barkataki, P., Maddali, P, Lockwood, D.N.J., Lockwood, DNJ, Van Brakel, WH, van Brakel, Wim H, Wilder-Smith, Einar, Van, Brakel W.H., Suneetha, Sujai K, Nicholls, Peter G, Jadhav, Rupendra S, Nicholls, P.G., Jadhav, R.S., Wilder-Smith, E, Barkataki, Pramila, Das, L, van Brakel, W.H., Jadhav, RS   +29 more
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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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Social distance and spatial distance are not the same, observations on the use of GIS in leprosy epidemiology [PDF]

, 2008
Contacts of leprosy patients have a higher risk of developing clinical leprosy. Being a contact is defined socially, but with the introduction of geographical information systems (GIS) in infectious disease epidemiology, it is necessary to relate spatial
Fischer, E.A.J., pahan, D., Hoeven, T.A., Hoeven, T.A. (Theun), Pahan, D. (David), Fischer, E.A.J. (Egil), Richardus, J.H. (Jan Hendrik), Fischer, EAJ, Pahan, D, Hoeven, TA, Richardus, Jan hendrik; id_orcid   +10 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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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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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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Dermoscopy in Leprosy: A Clinical and Histopathological Correlation Study

Dermatology Practical & Conceptual, 2021
Background: Leprosy, an insidious infectious granulomatous disease, is diagnosed traditionally through clinical examination coupled with skin smears and histopathology. It has myriad clinical presentations that pose diagnostic challenges.
Alpana Mohta, Suresh Kumar Jain, Aditi Agrawal, Ramesh Kumar Kushwaha, Pritee Sharma, Khusbhoo Sethia, Manish Jain   +6 more
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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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