Selection of new publications on leprosy

Leprosy Mailing List – January 11^th, 2011

Ref.:    Selection of new publications on leprosy

From:  Erlings J., Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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Dear Dr Noto,

Greetings and a Happy New Year!

Below you will find a selection of new publications on leprosy.  Please contact me for full text versions.  Do you have publications on leprosy to share? Please let me know! 

Met vriendelijke groet / With kind regards,

Jiske Erlings

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1:

Al Aboud, D. Eponyms in leprology.
SKINmed. 2010;8:323–326

Free full text available from: http://www.skinmedjournal.com/skinmed_v8i6_l.pdf

2:

Basavaraj KH, Navya MA, Rashmi R. Relevance of psychiatry in dermatology: Present concepts.
Indian J Psychiatry. 2010 Jul;52(3):270-5. PubMed PMID: 21180416
Free full text available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2990831/?tool=pubmed

3:

Diniz LM, Catabriga MD, Souza Filho JB. [Evaluation years in leprosy patients treated with single dose alternative scheme ROM (rifampin, ofloxacin, minocycline), after seven to nine.]. Rev Soc Bras Med Trop. 2010 Dec;43(6):695-699. Portuguese. PubMed PMID: 21181026.
Free full text available from: http://www.scielo.br/pdf/rsbmt/v43n6/19.pdf

4:

Duthie MS, Truman RW, Goto W, O'Donnell J, Hay MN, Spencer JS, Carter D, Reed SG. Insight Toward Early Diagnosis of Leprosy Through Analysis of the Developing Antibody Responses of M. leprae-Infected Armadillos.
Clin Vaccine Immunol. 2010 Dec 22. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 21177914.
5:

Hali F, Latifi A, Sbai M. [Malignant transformation of plantar ulcers in leprosy: experience of National Leprosy Center in Casablanca.].
Bull Soc Pathol Exot. 2010 Dec 29. [Epub ahead of print] French. PubMed PMID: 21191827.

6:

Ledermann W. [Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes and infectious diseases].
Rev Chilena Infectol. 2010 Oct;27(5):429-34. Spanish. PubMed PMID: 21186510.

7:

Opromolla PA, Laurenti R. [Hansen's disease control in the State of São Paulo: a historical analysis.].
Rev Saude Publica. 2011 Feb;45(1):195-203. Portuguese. PubMed PMID: 21181057.
Free full text available from: http://www.scielosp.org/pdf/rsp/v45n1/en_1764.pdf

8:

Ramos JM, Reyes F, Lemma D, Belinchón I, Gomez JR. Disability profile in leprosy patients' diagnoses in a rural reference leprosy centre in Ethiopia during 1999-2009.
Trop Doct. 2011 Jan;41(1):51-3. PubMed PMID: 21172905.

9:

Shen J, Liu M, Zhou M, Li W. Causes of death among active leprosy patients in China.
Int J Dermatol. 2011 Jan;50(1):57-60. PubMed PMID: 21182503.

10:

Silva AR, Matos WB, Silva CC, Gonçalves ED. [Leprosy in Buriticupu, State of Maranhão: active search for cases in the adult population.].
Rev Soc Bras Med Trop. 2010 Dec;43(6):691-694. Portuguese. PubMed PMID: 21181025.
Free full text available from: http://www.scielo.br/pdf/rsbmt/v43n6/18.pdf

11:

Singh P, Cole ST. Mycobacterium leprae: genes, pseudogenes and genetic

diversity. Future Microbiol. 2011 Jan;6:57-71. PubMed PMID: 21162636.

12:

Singh RK. Granulomatous abscess of the ulnar nerve in a case of paucibacillary leprosy given multidrug therapy.
Ann Trop Med Parasitol. 2010 Dec;104(8):673-4. PubMed PMID: 21144186.

13:

Souza LW. [Leprosy reactions in discharged patients following cure by multidrug therapy.].
Rev Soc Bras Med Trop. 2010 Dec;43(6):737-739. Portuguese. PubMed PMID: 21181036.
Free full text available from: http://www.scielo.br/pdf/rsbmt/v43n6/29.pdf

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Spencer JS, Kim HJ, Wheat WH, Chatterjee D, Balagon MV, Cellona RV, Tan EV, Gelber R, Saunderson P, Duthie MS, Reece ST, Burman W, Belknap R, Mac Kenzie WR, Geluk A, Oskam L, Dockrell HM, Brennan PJ; on behalf of the IDEAL Consortium. Analysis of Antibody Responses to Mycobacterium leprae Phenolic Glycolipid-I, Lipoarabinomannan and Recombinant Proteins to Define Disease-Subtype Specific Antigenic Profiles in Leprosy.
Clin Vaccine Immunol. 2010 Dec 22. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 21177913.

15:

van Veen NH, Hemo DA, Bowers RL, Pahan D, Negrini JF, Velema JP, Richardus JH. Evaluation of activity limitation and social participation, and the effects of reconstructive surgery in people with disability due to leprosy: a prospective cohort study.
Disabil Rehabil. 2010 Aug 13. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 20707596.

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 Yaghoobi R, Feily A, Ranjbari N, Lotfi J, Yaghoobi E. Lepromatous leprosy: a commonly misdiagnosed disease.
ScientificWorldJournal. 2010 Dec 14;10:2348-9. PubMed PMID: 21170484.

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Yu MW, Yan LB, Shen JP, Sun YM, Zhang GC. [Epidemiological analysis on leprosy in China, 2009.].
Zhonghua Liu Xing Bing Xue Za Zhi. 2010 Oct;31(10):1155-1157. Chinese. PubMed PMID: 21162820.