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“Pre-columbian moulages”. Huacos, mummies and photographs in the controversy over precolumbian diseases, 1894-1910 [PDF]

, 2015
By the late nineteenth century an international controversy arose referred to the probable existence of certain diseases such as leprosy, syphilis and lupus in pre-Columbian America.
Farro, Máximo Ezequiel, Podgorny, Irina
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The Story of a Village: A Case Study in Strategic Planning at Enyinndakurom, Ankaful, Central Region, Ghana [PDF]

, 2019
The development of a strategic plan for an African village can seem a daunting task, especially if the village is one created from diverse beginnings and different cultural origins, where ethnicity, language and custom are not homogenous.
Redington, Wynette
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Products of Compartmental Models in Epidemiology. [PDF]

, 2017
We show that many structured epidemic models may be described using a straightforward product structure in this paper. Such products, derived from products of directed graphs, may represent useful refinements including geographic and demographic ...
Porco, Travis C, Worden, Lee
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Lazarine leprosy: A unique phenomenon of leprosy

International Journal of Mycobacteriology, 2020
Leprosy, a chronic granulomatous disease, has been known since ages but even today continues to baffle the clinicians with a wide spectrum of clinical, histopathological, and immunological characteristics. Leprosy reactions are mainly of two types, namely, Type 1 and Type 2.
Vaishali H Wankhade, Dharitri M Bhat, Rajesh P Singh, Vrutika Hasmukh Shah   +3 more
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Autophagy Impairment Is Associated With Increased Inflammasome Activation and Reversal Reaction Development in Multibacillary Leprosy

Frontiers in Immunology, 2018
Leprosy reactions are responsible for incapacities in leprosy and represent the major cause of permanent neuropathy. The identification of biomarkers able to identify patients more prone to develop reaction could contribute to adequate clinical ...
Mayara Garcia de Mattos Barbosa, Bruno Jorge de Andrade Silva, Tayná Quintella Assis, Rhana Berto da Silva Prata, Helen Ferreira, Priscila Ribeiro Andrade, Jéssica Araújo da Paixão de Oliveira, Gilberto Marcelo Sperandio da Silva, José Augusto da Costa Nery, Euzenir Nunes Sarno, Roberta Olmo Pinheiro   +10 more
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Pixelated pathologies: Camera trapping as a tool for monitoring wildlife health

Journal of Applied Ecology, EarlyView.
Given the increasing emergence of diseases, some with conservation and public health implications, improving and expanding wildlife health surveillance strategies is imperative. Camera trapping is particularly relevant for detecting new outbreaks, monitoring high‐risk zones and evaluating risk mitigation measures. Abstract Camera trapping has become an
Patricia Barroso, Pablo Palencia
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From words to action: the development of the Neglected Tropical Disease Inclusion Score Card (NISC)

Infectious Diseases of Poverty
Background The importance of patient participation in designing and delivering services for persons affected by neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) has gained increasing recognition.
Robin van Wijk, Surya J. M. Baudoin, Bernice Ejiogu, Upasana Regmi, Mathias Duck, Ibrahim Rabiu, Constanze Vettel, Heleen Broekkamp, Roos Geutjes, Ruth M. H. Peters, Ida J. Korfage   +10 more
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A major T cell antigen of Mycobacterium leprae is a 10-kD heat-shock cognate protein. [PDF]

, 1992
Several mycobacterial antigens, identified by monoclonal antibodies and patient sera, have been found to be homologous to stress or heat-shock proteins (hsp) defined in Escherichia coli and yeast.
Alland, D, Bajardi, AC, Bloom, BR, Brennan, PJ, Convit, J, Fan, XD, Grisso, CL, Hunter, SW, Mehra, V, Sieling, PA   +9 more
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Germ Panic and Chalice Hygiene in the Church of England, c.1895–1930

Journal of Religious History, EarlyView.
The late‐Victorian medical revolution in bacteriology, and growing public awareness of hygienic standards and the danger of disease infection from germs, created alarm about the traditional Christian practice of drinking from a common cup at Holy Communion.
Andrew Atherstone
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The Risk of Late Treatment and The Reaction of Leprosy with Grade 2 Disability

Jurnal Berkala Epidemiologi, 2019
Background: The number of new cases of leprosy in Indonesia is still high with 15,910 new cases found in 2017. East Java is the highest contributor to new leprosy cases with 3,374 incidences in 2017 and the leprosy proportion of the grade 2 disability ...
fariska firdaus
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