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Putting Indian christianities into context: Biographies of christian conversion in a leprosy colony [PDF]
, 2014 Gandhian and Hindutva-inspired discourses around conversions to Christianity in India over-simplify the historical nexus of relations between missionaries, converts and the colonial state.
Staples, J
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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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Current Situation of Leprosy in India and its Future Implications
Indian Dermatology Online Journal, 2018 The global leprosy situation has changed significantly over the last four decades after the introduction of multidrug therapy (MDT) in 1982 with a reduction in prevalence from over 5 million cases in the mid-1980s to less than 200,000 at the end of 2016.
P. Rao, S. Suneetha
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Leprosy Screening Based on Artificial Intelligence: Development of a Cross-Platform App
JMIR mHealth and uHealth, 2020 Background According to the World Health Organization, achieving targets for control of leprosy by 2030 will require disease elimination and interruption of transmission at the national or regional level.
Márcio Luís Moreira De Souza +4 more
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Biologics in Leprosy: A Systematic Review and Case Report.
American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2020 TNF-α inhibitors increase susceptibility to tuberculosis, but the effect of biologics on susceptibility to leprosy has not been described. Moreover, biologics may play a role in treating erythema nodosum leprosum (ENL).
Anna L. Cogen +6 more
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Scientific Reports, 2021 Several Mycobacterial infections including leprosy and tuberculosis are known to evoke autoimmune responses by modulating homeostatic mechanism of the host.
Vinay Kumar Pathak +3 more
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PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2018 Over 200,000 new cases of leprosy are detected each year, of which approximately 7% are associated with grade-2 disabilities (G2Ds). For achieving leprosy elimination, one of the main challenges will be targeting higher risk groups within endemic ...
J. Pescarini +9 more
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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 +3 more
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