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What is the evidence that the putative Mycobacterium lepromatosis species causes diffuse lepromatous leprosy? [PDF]

Leprosy Review, 2011
Han et al. have made a retrospective isolation of DNA from two patients with fatal Lucio's phenomenon. This DNA does have some molecular differences to M. leprae and may constitute a variant of M. leprae. However the experiments and data needed to confirm that this is a new leprosy-causing species have not yet been done.
Gillis, Thomas P, Scollard, David M, Lockwood, Diana NJ   +2 more
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Molecular epidemiology of Mycobacterium africanum in Ghana [PDF]

, 2016
BACKGROUND: Mycobacterium africanum comprises two phylogenetic lineages within the M. tuberculosis complex (MTBC) and is an important cause of human tuberculosis (TB) in West Africa. The reasons for this geographic restriction of M.
Forson, Audrey, Yeboah-Manu, Dorothy, Esther Sarpong, Otchere, Isaac Darko, Borrell, Sonia, Clement Laryea, Gagneux, Sebastien, Frank Bonsu, Osei-Wusu, Stephen, Akosua Baddoo, Stephen Osei-Wusu, Ahorlu, Collins, Kwadwo A. Koram, Sarpong, Esther, Adwoa Asante-Poku, Collins Ahorlu, Audrey Forson, Laryea, Clement, Isaac Darko Otchere, Sebastien Gagneux, Bonsu, Frank, Hattendorf, Jan, Dorothy Yeboah-Manu, Sonia Borrell, Asante-Poku, Adwoa, Koram, Kwadwo A., Baddoo, Akosua, Jan Hattendorf   +27 more
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Leprosy in Refugees and Migrants in Italy and a Literature Review of Cases Reported in Europe between 2009 and 2018

Microorganisms, 2020
Leprosy is a chronic neglected infectious disease that affects over 200,000 people each year and causes disabilities in more than four million people in Asia, Africa, and Latin America.
Anna Beltrame, Gianfranco Barabino, Yiran Wei, Andrea Clapasson, Pierantonio Orza, Francesca Perandin, Chiara Piubelli, Geraldo Badona Monteiro, Silvia Stefania Longoni, Paola Rodari, Silvia Duranti, Ronaldo Silva, Veronica Andrea Fittipaldo, Zeno Bisoffi   +13 more
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Next-generation sequencing-assisted diagnosis of a case of leprosy misdiagnosed as erythema multiforme

Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials, 2022
Background Leprosy is a chronic infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium leprae or Mycobacterium lepromatosis that is mainly transmitted through droplets from the nose and mouth of untreated patients.
Yanfang Zhang, Xuezhong Lei, Jiajie Lu
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The Role of Foxes in Transmitting Zoonotic Bacteria to Humans: A Scoping Review

Zoonoses and Public Health, Volume 72, Issue 6, Page 485-500, September 2025.
ABSTRACT Zoonotic diseases inflict substantial burdens on human and animal populations worldwide, and many of these infections are bacterial. An Australian study investigating environmental risk factors for Buruli ulcer in humans detected the causative agent, Mycobacterium ulcerans , in the faeces of wild foxes, a novel finding that suggests foxes may ...
Emma C. Hobbs, Bridgette McNamara, Sarah Hayman, Kim Blasdell, Eugene Athan, Daniel P. O'Brien, Michael Muleme   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

4,000-year-old Mycobacterium lepromatosis genomes from Chile reveal long establishment of Hansen’s disease in the Americas [PDF]

Mycobacterium lepromatosis is a recently identified cause of Hansen’s disease, and is associated with the more severe and potentially lethal presentations of diffuse lepromatous leprosy and Lucio’s phenomenon. Detection of this infection has been limited
Sitter, T., Översti, S., Ramirez, D., Castelleti-Dellepiane, J., Översti, S. ; https://orcid.org/, Pastor, N., Nores, R., Sitter, T. ; https://orcid.org/, Bos, K. ; https://orcid.org/, Kirkpatrick, C., Bos, K., Herrera-Soto, M., Fontana-Silva, O.   +12 more
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Two pathogens, one disease: Rethinking leprosy diversification through ancient and modern genomes

Clinical and Translational Medicine, Volume 16, Issue 2, February 2026.
Maria Lopopolo, Charlotte Avanzi, Nicolás Rascovan   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Beyond Elimination: Unveiling Leprosy Cases in Far West Nepal

Clinical Case Reports, Volume 13, Issue 6, June 2025.
ABSTRACT Leprosy, one of the Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs), can be diagnosed based on any of its three characteristics: a hypopigmented or reddish skin patch with sensory loss, thickened peripheral nerves with sensory impairment, and a positive skin smear for acid‐fast bacilli (AFB).
Smriti Lama Thing, Deepak Subedi, Anita Tamang Waiba, Neha Bista, Apsara Hamal, Monika Gurung   +5 more
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Lack of immune responses to Mycobacterium tuberculosis DosR regulon proteins following Mycobacterium bovis BCG vaccination. [PDF]

, 2007
Mycobacterium bovis BCG is widely used as a vaccine against tuberculosis (TB), despite its variable protective efficacy. Relatively little is known about the immune response profiles following BCG vaccination in relation to protection against TB. Here we
Klein, Michèl R, Friggen, Annemieke H, Geluk, Annemieke, Lin, May Young, Verduyn, Marleen JC, Voskuil, Martin I, Huygen, Kris, Franken, Kees LMC, Smith, Steven G, van Meijgaarden, Krista E, Dockrell, Hazel M, Stewart, Amanda L, Ottenhoff, Tom HM   +12 more
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Leprosy: аctual view

Лечащий Врач, 2021
The article summarizes information about the disease leprosy. Data of the literature on epidemiology of the disease, the features of the clinical picture, diagnosis, differential diagnosis and treatment of the dermatosis are presented.
A. A. Kubanov, T. V. Abramova, E. K. Murakhovskaya, V. A. Lasachko   +3 more
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