 Leprosy
"Leprosy" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A chronic granulomatous infection caused by MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE. The granulomatous lesions are manifested in the skin, the mucous membranes, and the peripheral nerves. Two polar or principal types are lepromatous and tuberculoid.
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D007918
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C01.252.410.040.552.386
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| Concept/Terms |
Leprosy- Leprosy
- Leprosies
- Hansen Disease
- Disease, Hansen
- Hansen's Disease
- Disease, Hansen's
- Hansens Disease
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| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2020 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Leprosy" by people in Profiles.
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Rumbaut Castillo R, Hurtado Gasc?n LC, Ruiz-Fuentes JL, Pastrana Fundora FM, Ram?rez Albaj?s CR, Henao-Mart?nez AF, Franco-Paredes C, Escobedo ?A. Leprosy in children in Cuba: Epidemiological and clinical description of 50 cases from 2012-2019. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2021 10; 15(10):e0009910.
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Maymone MBC, Venkatesh S, Laughter M, Abdat R, Hugh J, Dacso MM, Rao PN, Stryjewska BM, Dunnick CA, Dellavalle RP. Leprosy: Treatment and management of complications. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2020 Jul; 83(1):17-30.
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Maymone MBC, Laughter M, Venkatesh S, Dacso MM, Rao PN, Stryjewska BM, Hugh J, Dellavalle RP, Dunnick CA. Leprosy: Clinical aspects and diagnostic techniques. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2020 Jul; 83(1):1-14.
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Franco-Paredes C, Montes de Oca Sanchez G, White C. Global Leprosy Status in 2020: Still Losing Touch. Ann Acad Med Singap. 2020 01; 49(1):1-2.
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Xiong M, Wang X, Su T, Yang B, Li M, Zheng D. Relationship between psychological health and quality of life of people affected by leprosy in the community in Guangdong province, China: a cross-sectional study. BMC Public Health. 2019 Apr 23; 19(1):424.
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Honap TP, Pfister LA, Housman G, Mills S, Tarara RP, Suzuki K, Cuozzo FP, Sauther ML, Rosenberg MS, Stone AC. Mycobacterium leprae genomes from naturally infected nonhuman primates. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2018 01; 12(1):e0006190.
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Xiong M, Li M, Zheng D, Wang X, Su T, Chen Y, Yang B. Evaluation of the economic burden of leprosy among migrant and resident patients in Guangdong Province, China. BMC Infect Dis. 2017 12 11; 17(1):760.
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Crespo FA, Klaes CK, Switala AE, DeWitte SN. Do leprosy and tuberculosis generate a systemic inflammatory shift? Setting the ground for a new dialogue between experimental immunology and bioarchaeology. Am J Phys Anthropol. 2017 01; 162(1):143-156.
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Franco-Paredes C, Rodriguez-Morales AJ. Unsolved matters in leprosy: a descriptive review and call for further research. Ann Clin Microbiol Antimicrob. 2016 May 21; 15(1):33.
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Hagstrom EL, Patel S, Karimkhani C, Boyers LN, Williams HC, Hay RJ, Weinstock MA, Armstrong AW, Dunnick CA, Margolis DJ, Dellavalle RP. Comparing cutaneous research funded by the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) with the US skin disease burden. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2015 Sep; 73(3):383-91.e1.
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