Search Results - "International journal of Leprosy"

Epidemiological characteristics of leprosy reactions: 15 years experience from north India by Kumar, Bhushan, Dogra, Sunil, Kaur, Inderjeet

“…A retrospective analysis of patient's leprosy clinic records at PGIMER, Chandigarh, India for the period 1983 to 1998 was undertaken to study the frequency,…”
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The dynamics of stigma in leprosy by Heijnders, M L

“…Leprosy in Nepal is a stigmatizing disease. This paper explores the different coping strategies employed by people affected by leprosy to manage stigma. It is…”
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Measuring leprosy stigma--a preliminary review of the leprosy literature by van Brakel, Wim H

“…A literature review was conducted to review work done to date on measuring stigma related to leprosy. References were obtained through a PubMed (Medline)…”
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Viable M. leprae as a research reagent by Truman, R W, Krahenbuhl, J L

“…Mycobacterium leprae remain a rare research resource. They cannot be cultivated on artificial media, and the only established means to quantify viability of M…”
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Patient contact is the major determinant in incident leprosy: implications for future control by van Beers, S M, Hatta, M, Klatser, P R

“…Notwithstanding the elimination efforts, leprosy control programs face the problem of many leprosy patients remaining undetected. Leprosy control focuses on…”
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Clinical and histologic variations among thirty patients with Lucio's phenomenon and pure and primitive diffuse lepromatosis (Latapi's lepromatosis) by Rea, Thomas H, Jerskey, Robert S

“…The clinical and histologic experience with 30 patients who had Lucio's phenomenon, and pure and primitive diffuse lepromatosis (Latapi's lepromatosis) has…”
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Delay in presentation in the context of local knowledge and attitude towards leprosy--the results of qualitative fieldwork in Paraguay by Nicholls, P G, Wiens, C, Smith, W C

“…The primary objective of our research was to explore help-seeking behavior in the context of knowledge, attitude, and practice as factors contributing to delay…”
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Pure neuritic leprosy in India: an appraisal by Kumar, Bhushan, Kaur, Inderjeet, Dogra, Sunil, Kumaran, Muthu Sendhil

“…Pure neuritic leprosy (PNL) constitutes a significant proportion of all cases in India, however, this form of disease has not been fully recognized and…”
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Close contacts with leprosy in newly diagnosed leprosy patients in a high and low endemic area: comparison between Bangladesh and Thailand by Richardus, Jan H, Meima, Abraham, van Marrewijk, Corine J, Croft, Richard P, Smith, Trevor C

“…As part of a larger study of the role of close contacts in the transmission of M. leprae, we explored whether the proportion of newly detected cases with a…”
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The relapse rate in MB leprosy patients treated with 2-years of WHO-MDT is not low by Gelber, Robert H, Balagon, Victoria F, Cellona, Roland V

“…A group of multibacillary patients is clearly at high risk for relapse following 2-yr WHO-MDT. Relapse is largely confined to BL or LL patients with a high BI…”
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Neuropathic pain in leprosy patients by Stump, Patrick R N A G, Baccarelli, Rosemari, Marciano, Lúcia H S C, Lauris, José R P, Teixeira, Manoel Jacobsen, Ura, Somei, Virmond, Marcos C L

“…The introduction of multidrug therapy by the World Health Organization has dramatically reduced the world prevalence of leprosy but the disease is still a…”
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Visible deformity in childhood leprosy--a 10-year study by Kar, Bikash Ranjan, Job, C K

“…Deformity seen in children with leprosy has not often been studied, as the disease itself is less common in children. Deformity, being synonymous with the…”
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Long-term efficacy of 2 year WHO multiple drug therapy (MDT) in multibacillary (MB) leprosy patients by Cellona, Roland V, Balagon, Maria F V, dela Cruz, Eduardo C, Burgos, Jasmin A, Abalos, Rodolfo M, Walsh, Gerald P, Topolski, Richard, Gelber, Robert H, Walsh, Douglas S

“…Relapse rate estimates after 2 year WHO multiple drug therapy (MDT) in multi-bacillary (MB) leprosy vary. Between 1987 and 1994, 500 MB leprosy patients…”
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Validity of the WHO operational classification and value of other clinical signs in the classification of leprosy by Norman, Gift, Joseph, Geetha, Richard, Joseph

“…The objective of this study is to examine the validity of the WHO operational classification using skin smear results as the gold standard and explore the…”
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Comparative evaluation of immunotherapeutic efficacy of BCG and mw vaccines in patients of borderline lepromatous and lepromatous leprosy by Narang, Tarun, Kaur, Inderjeet, Kumar, Bhushan, Radotra, Bishan Dass, Dogra, Sunil

“…Even after 12 months of multi-drug therapy (M.D.T.) multibacillary (MB) therapy patients with high bacterial index (B.I.) continue to harbor dead bacilli and…”
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The paper grip test for screening on intrinsic muscle paralysis in the foot of leprosy patients by de Win, Maartje M L, Theuvenet, Wim J, Roche, Paul W, de Bie, Rob A, van Mameren, Henk

“…Plantar intrinsic foot muscles provide structure to the foot during walking and thus regulate mechanical foot sole stresses. When paralyzed, for instance in…”
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Borderline tuberculoid leprosy with type 1 reaction in an HIV patient--a phenomenon of immune reconstitution by Narang, Tarun, Dogra, Sunil, Kaur, Inderjeet

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An approach to understanding the transmission of Mycobacterium leprae using molecular and immunological methods: results from the MILEP2 study by Smith, W Cairns S, Smith, Christine M, Cree, Ian A, Jadhav, Ruprendra S, Macdonald, Murdo, Edward, Vijay K, Oskam, Linda, van Beers, Stella, Klatser, Paul

“…The current strategy for leprosy control using case detection and treatment has greatly reduced the prevalence of leprosy, but has had no demonstrable effect…”
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A second case of multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium leprae isolated from a Japanese patient with relapsed lepromatous leprosy by Matsuoka, Masanori, Kashiwabara, Yoshiko, Liangfen, Zhang, Goto, Masamichi, Kitajima, Shin-ichi

“…Emergence of drug resistant strains of Mycobacterium leprae was reported soon after the introduction of dapsone (diamino-diphenyl sulphone, DDS) for leprosy…”
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Ulcerative cutaneous mycobacteriosis due to Mycobacterium ulcerans: report of two Mexican cases by Coloma, Josefa Novales-Santa, Navarrete-Franco, Gisela, Iribe, Pedro, López-Cepeda, Larissa Dorina

“…We report two patients from Central Mexico, with ulcerated cutaneous lesions containing acid-fast bacilli (AFB) and ultimately diagnosed as Mycobacterium…”
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