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Objective:Leprosy is an infectious disease that can be accompanied by disability caused by peripheral neuropathy.Early detection of leprosy is essential to reduce its debilitating sequelae.Ultrasound is a noninvasive ...
funded by grant MR/Y503216/1 from the Medical Research Council Public Health Intervention Development(PHIND);UK.TW is also supported by grants from the Wellcome Trust,UK(209075/Z/17/Z);the Medical Research Council,Department for International Development,and Wellcome Trust(Joint Global Health Trials,MR/V004832/1);a Dorothy Temple Cross Tuberculosis International Collaboration Grant from the Medical Research Foundation(MRF-131-0006-RG-KHOS-C0942);UK.AF is also supported by PUTI Q1 grant(NKB-230/UN2.RST/HKP.05.00/2024)by Universitas Indonesia.All funders had no involvement in data collection,analysis,report writing and decision to submission.
Background Stigma experienced by people with infectious diseases impedes access to care,leading to adverse psychosocial consequences.Community-based interventions could prevent or mitigate these consequences but lack ...
This study was made possible thanks to a grant from the Q.M.Gastmann-Wichers foundation(AG).
Background Detection of infection with Mycobacterium leprae allows timely prophylactic treatment,thereby reducing transmission as well as the risk of permanent,leprosy-associated nerve damage.However,since there is no...
Background Certain infectious diseases are caused by specific bacterial pathogens,including syphilis,gonorrhea,typhoid and paratyphoid fever,diphtheria,pertussis,tetanus,leprosy,and tuberculosis.These diseases signifi...
Background: World Health Organization recommends the implementation of contact tracing and Leprosy Post Exposure prophylaxis (LPEP) to interrupt the chain of transmission. To accelerate the uptake of this recommendati...
Rationale:Lepromatous leprosy is a skin condition.Erythema nodosum leprosum(ENL)aids in its diagnosis.ENL is a type-2 immune response,whereas lepra ENL is characterized by a hypersensitivity reaction and an exaggerate...
Background: Leprosy is known to cause disability that leads to severe outcomes like stigma, discrimination, mental health problems and participation restriction. Furthermore, in cases of infectious leprosy, longer del...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.81703139);CAMS Innovation Fund for Medical Sciences(No.CIFMS-2017-I2M-1-017);Innovation Research on Critical Diseases(No.2016ZX320014);Netherlands Leprosy Relief(No.ILEPNR412.90.01)
Objective:Leprosy is an infectious diseases that remains a concerning public health issue.The infection of Mycobacterium leprae still exists at the county level in hard-to-access areas in southwest China.An accurate a...
supported by Academic promotion programme of Shandong First Medical University(2019LJ002);the Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province(ZR2023MH046);National Natural Science Foundation of China(82173430,82230107,82273545);the Innovation Project of Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences.
Leprosy is an infectious granulomatous disease caused by Mycobacterium leprae that affects the skin and can lead to deformity by damaging peripheral nerves.Although leprosy is no longer an incurable disease,its epidem...
Background Nepal has achieved and sustained the elimination of leprosy as a public health problem since 2009,but 17 districts and 3 provinces with 41%(10,907,128)of Nepal’s population have yet to eliminate the diseas...