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Uniform multidrug therapy for leprosy patients in Brazil (U-MDT/CT-BR): Results of an open label, randomized and controlled clinical trial, among multibacillary patients by Penna, Gerson Oliveira, Bührer-Sékula, Samira, Kerr, Lígia Regina Sansigolo, Stefani, Mariane Martins de Araújo, Rodrigues, Laura Cunha, de Araújo, Marcelo Grossi, Ramos, Andrea Machado Coelho, de Andrade, Ana Regina Coelho, Costa, Maurício Barcelos, Rosa, Patricia Sammarco, Gonçalves, Heitor de Sá, Cruz, Rossilene, Barreto, Maurício Lima, Pontes, Maria Araci de Andrade, Penna, Maria Lúcia Fernandes

“…Leprosy control is based on early diagnosis and multidrug therapy. For treatment purposes, leprosy patients can be classified as paucibacillary (PB) or…”
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Late relapses in leprosy patients in Brazil: 10-year post-trial of uniform multidrug therapy (U-MDT/CT-BR) by Penna, Gerson Oliveira, Pontes, Maria Araci de Andrade, Talhari, Sinésio, Gonçalves, Heitor de Sá, Talhari, Carolina, Pessoa, Allen de Souza, Pedroza, Valderiza, Bührer-Sékula, Samira, Stefani, Mariane Martins de Araujo, Penna, Maria Lucia Fernandes

“…Leprosy is a neglected dermato-neurologic, infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium leprae or M. lepromatosis. Leprosy is treatable and curable by multidrug…”
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Dermoscopy in synchronous melanomas: a case series by de Sá, Daniel Coelho, Pinheiro, Juliana Abreu, Magalhães, Emmanuel Pereira Benevides, Pontes, Maria Araci de Andrade

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Lucius phenomenon: the importance of a primary dermatological care by Pinheiro, Juliana Viana, Pontes, Maria Araci de Andrade, Medeiros Neto, José Urbano de, Gonçalves, Heitor de Sá

“…Leprosy presents a varied clinical spectrum. Lucius phenomenon is a rare leprosy reaction characterized by erythematous, painful, slightly infiltrated macules…”
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Unanswered questions on the safety of MDT-U - Reply by Penna, Gerson Oliveira, Gonçalves, Heitor de Sá, Pontes, Maria Araci de Andrade

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Widespread nasal carriage of Mycobacterium leprae among a healthy population in a hyperendemic region of northeastern Brazil by Nepomuceno Gondim Costa Lima, Luana, Cunha Frota, Cristiane, Maria Salani Mota, Rosa, Livia Freitas Almeida, Rosa, Araci de Andrade Pontes, Maria, de Sá Gonçalves, Heitor, Cunha Rodrigues, Laura, Kendall, Carl, Kerr, Ligia

“…A case-control study was conducted to determine the presence of Mycobacterium leprae DNA in nasal secretions of leprosy cases and nonleprosy individuals in…”
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Prediction of the occurrence of leprosy reactions based on Bayesian networks by de Andrade Rodrigues, Rafael Saraiva, Heise, Eduardo Ferreira José, Hartmann, Luis Felipe, Rocha, Guilherme Eduardo, Olandoski, Marcia, de Araújo Stefani, Mariane Martins, Latini, Ana Carla Pereira, Soares, Cleverson Teixeira, Belone, Andrea, Rosa, Patrícia Sammarco, de Andrade Pontes, Maria Araci, de Sá Gonçalves, Heitor, Cruz, Rossilene, Penna, Maria Lúcia Fernandes, Carvalho, Deborah Ribeiro, Fava, Vinicius Medeiros, Bührer-Sékula, Samira, Penna, Gerson Oliveira, Moro, Claudia Maria Cabral, Nievola, Julio Cesar, Mira, Marcelo Távora

“…Leprosy reactions (LR) are severe episodes of intense activation of the host inflammatory response of uncertain etiology, today the leading cause of permanent…”
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Presence of Mycobacterium leprae genotype 4 in environmental waters in Northeast Brazil by Holanda, Maísa Viana de, Marques, Livia Erika Carlos, Macedo, Maria Luisa Bezerra de, Pontes, Maria Araci de Andrade, Sabadia, José Antonio Beltrão, Kerr, Ligia Regina Franco Sansigolo, Almeida, Rosa Lívia Freitas, Frota, Cristiane Cunha

“…This study quantified Mycobacterium leprae bacilli in environmental water samples from five municipalities in the State of Ceará by quantitative polymerase…”
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Description of leprosy classification at baseline among patients enrolled at the uniform multidrug therapy clinical trial for leprosy patients in Brazil by Moura, Rodrigo Scaliante, Penna, Gerson Oliveira, Cardoso, Ludimila Paula Vaz, de Andrade Pontes, Maria Araci, Cruz, Rossilene, de Sá Gonçalves, Heitor, Fernandes Penna, Maria Lúcia, de Araújo Stefani, Mariane Martins, Bührer-Sékula, Samira

“…The uniform multidrug therapy clinical trial, Brazil (U-MDT/CT-BR), database was used to describe and report the performance of available tools to classify 830…”
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Clinical trial for uniform multidrug therapy for leprosy patients in Brazil (U-MDT/CT-BR): adverse effects approach by Cruz, Rossilene Conceição da Silva, Bührer-Sékula, Samira, Penna, Gerson Oliveira, Moraes, Maria Elisabete Amaral de, Gonçalves, Heitor de Sá, Stefani, Mariane Martins de Araújo, Penna, Maria Lúcia Fernandes, Pontes, Maria Araci de Andrade, Talhari, Sinésio

“…The Clinical Trial for Uniform Multidrug Therapy for Leprosy Patients in Brazil (U-MDT/CT-BR), designed to evaluate the effectiveness of a six-months regimen,…”
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A clinical trial for uniform multidrug therapy for leprosy patients in Brazil: rationale and design by Penna, Gerson Oliveira, Pontes, Maria Araci de Andrade, Cruz, Rossilene, de Sá Gonçalves, Heitor, Penna, Maria Lúcia Fernandes, Bührer-Sékula, Samira

“…Leprosy will continue to be a public health problem for several decades. The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends that, for treatment purposes, leprosy…”
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Can baseline ML Flow test results predict leprosy reactions? An investigation in a cohort of patients enrolled in the uniform multidrug therapy clinical trial for leprosy patients in Brazil by Hungria, Emerith Mayra, Oliveira, Regiane Morillas, Penna, Gerson Oliveira, Aderaldo, Lúcio Cartaxo, Pontes, Maria Araci de Andrade, Cruz, Rossilene, Gonçalves, Heitor de Sá, Penna, Maria Lúcia Fernandes, Kerr, Ligia Regina Franco Sansigolo, Stefani, Mariane Martins de Araújo, Bührer-Sékula, Samira

“…The predictive value of the serology to detection of IgM against the Mycobacterium leprae-derived phenolic glycolipid-I/PGL-I to identify leprosy patients who…”
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Detection of subclinical Mycobacterium leprae infection in children, contacts of leprosy cases, Fortaleza – Ceará, Brazil by Lourenço, Delaide Sampaio Dias, Campelo, Thales Alves, Cruz, Gizele Almada, Almeida, Paulo César De, Gonçalves, Heitor De Sá, Pontes, Maria Araci De Andrade, Lima, Luana Nepomuceno Gondim Costa, Frota, Cristiane Cunha

“…Objectives: To investigate the subclinical infection of leprosy in contacts younger than 15 years old of new leprosy cases diagnosed at the Dona Libania…”
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Brazilian clinical trial of uniform multidrug therapy for leprosy patients - the correlation between clinical disease types and adverse effects by de Sá Gonçalves, Heitor, Pontes, Maria Araci de Andrade, Bührer-Sékula, Samira, Cruz, Rossilene, Almeida, Paulo Cesar, de Moraes, Maria Elisabete Amaral, Penna, Gerson Oliveira

“…This study sought to verify the correlation between leprosy types and the adverse effects of treatment drugs. This quantitative, prospective, nested study was…”
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Primary results of clinical trial for uniform multidrug therapy for leprosy patients in Brazil (U-MDT/CT-BR): reactions frequency in multibacillary patients by Penna, Maria Lucia Fernandes, Buhrer-Sékula, Samira, Pontes, Maria Araci De Andrade, Cruz, Rossilene, Gonçalves, Heitor De Sá, Penna, Gerson Oliveira

“…Many believe that the regular treatment for multibacillary (MB) leprosy cases could be shortened. A shorter treatment, allowing for uniform treatment for all…”
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Genotyping of Mycobacterium leprae present on Ziehl-Neelsen-stained microscopic slides and in skin biopsy samples from leprosy patients in different geographic regions of Brazil by Fontes, Amanda Nogueira Brum, Gomes, Harrison Magdinier, Araujo, Marcelo Ivens de, Albuquerque, Edson Cláudio Araripe de, Baptista, Ida Maria Foschiani Dias, Moura, Maria Manuela da Fonseca, Rezende, Denise Silva, Pessolani, Maria Cristina Vidal, Lara, Flávio Alves, Pontes, Maria Araci de Andrade, Gonçalves, Heitor de Sá, Lucena-Silva, Norma, Sarno, Euzenir Nunes, Vissa, Varalakshmi D, Brennan, Patrick J, Suffys, Philip Noel

“…We analysed 16 variable number tandem repeats (VNTR) and three single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) in Mycobacterium leprae present on 115 Ziehl-Neelsen…”
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Mycobacterium leprae virulence-associated peptides are indicators of exposure to M. leprae in Brazil, Ethiopia and Nepal by Bobosha, Kidist, Tang, Sheila Tuyet, van der Ploeg-van Schip, Jolien J, Bekele, Yonas, Martins, Marcia V S B, Lund, Ole, Franken, Kees L M C, Khadge, Saraswoti, Pontes, Maria Araci de Andrade, Gonçalves, Heitor de Sá, Hussien, Jemal, Thapa, Pratibha, Kunwar, Chhatra B, Hagge, Deanna A, Aseffa, Abraham, Pessolani, Maria Cristina Vidal, Pereira, Geraldo M B, Ottenhoff, Tom H M, Geluk, Annemieke

“…Silent transmission of Mycobacterium leprae, as evidenced by stable leprosy incidence rates in various countries, remains a health challenge despite the…”
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Prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome Among Patients with Psoriasis Treated with TNF Inhibitors and the Effects of Anti-TNF Therapy on Their Lipid Profile: A Prospective Cohort Study by Botelho, Karine Paschoal, Pontes, Maria Araci de Andrade, Rodrigues, Carlos Ewerton Maia, Freitas, Max Victor Carioca

“…Tumor necrosis factor (TNF) is an important inflammatory cytokine in the pathogenesis of psoriasis and metabolic syndrome (MS). Patients with psoriasis have…”
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A social network approach for the study of leprosy transmission beyond the household by Kendall, Carl, Kerr, Ligia Regina Franco Sansigolo, Miranda, José Garcia Vivas, Rubin de Pinho, Suani Tavares, Silva Andrade, Roberto Fernandes, Rodrigues, Laura Cunha, Frota, Cristiane Cunha, Mota, Rosa Maria Salani, Freitas de Almeida, Rosa Lívia, Moreira, Fabio Brito, Gomes, Raoni Boaventura Cruz, Alves de Almeida, Naíla, França, Lucas, Pontes, Maria Araci de Andrade, Gonçalves, Hector, Penna, Gerson Oliveira, Bührer-Sékula, Samira, Klovdahl, Alden, Barreto, Maurício Lima

“…Mycobacterium leprae was the first microorganism directly associated with a disease, however, there are still important gaps in our understanding of…”
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Epidemiological profile of rosacea in dermatology outpatient clinics in Brazil: an observational report from the Brazilian study group on rosacea by Victoria Suarez, Maria, Francesconi, Fábio, Gonçalves, Heitor, Dal’Forno, Taciana, De Medeiros Ribeiro, Beatriz, Mulinari-Brenner, Fabiane, Maria Carvalho Costa, Izelda, Wilson Accioly Filho, José, Gonzaga Cunha, Marisa, Follador, Ivanise, Cotrim, Paulo, Rócio Neves, Juliane, De Fátima De Medeiros Brito, Maria, Albuquerque Francesconi, Valeska, Araci De Andrade Pontes, Maria, José Rodrigues Queiroz, Amadeu, Rego, Vitória, Saboia Zink, Beatrix, Pereira Marques, Lidiane

“…Background Rosacea prevalence varies worldwide and there is a lack of information in Brazil. Objectives To describe the epidemiological profile of rosacea in…”
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