Tuesday, June 19, 2018

(LML) Infolep monthly e-mail with the latest publications on leprosy - June 2018

Leprosy Mailing List – June 19,  2018

Ref.:  (LML) Infolep monthly e-mail with the latest publications on leprosy  - June 2018

From:  Jiske Erlings, Amsterdam, the Netherlands


Dear colleagues, 

Below you will find our monthly overview of recent publications on leprosy. Did you know that the Infolep portal gives you access to over 27,870 publications on leprosy?


Feel free to contact me to receive the full text versions if a link to the full text is not included or for assistance with your literature research. You are invited to send us your publications on leprosy or material on leprosy in your language for inclusion in the portal.

With warm regards,

Jiske Erlings, j.erlings@leprastichting.nl
Infolep Information officer


 

 

 

Highlighted publications

 

 

Report of the informal consultation on stopping discrimination and promotion inclusion of persons affected by Leprosy, New Delhi, 14-16 Nov 2017.
http://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/272637

Forgotten People: A judicial apology for leprosy patients in Japan.
Tsuji Y. Or Rev Int L. 2018.
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Recognizing neglected tropical diseases through changes on the skin : A training guide for front-line health workers.
WHO/Department of control of neglected tropical diseases. 2018
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Perakslis ED. Using digital health to enable ethical health research in conflict and other humanitarian settings.
Confl Health. 2018 May 14;12:23. Review.
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Uncertainty, anxiety, frugality - Dealing with leprosy in the Dutch East Indies, 1816–1942.
van Bergen Leo. 2018. NUS Press.
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New publications

 

 

Nerve growth factor and pathogenesis of leprosy: review and update.
Aarão TLS, de Sousa JR, Falcão ASC, et al. Front Immunol. 2018 May 7;9:939.
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Perceived stigma in people affected by leprosy in leprosy village of Sinatala, Tangerang District, Banten Province, Indonesia.
Astutik E, Gayatri D. Kesmas: National public health journal. 2018; 12(4).
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Spatial analysis of reported new cases and local risk of leprosy in hyper-endemic situation in north-eastern Brazil.
Barbosa CC, do Bonfim CV, de Brito CMG, et al. Trop. Med. Int. Health. 2018.
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Clinical and histological profile of leprosy patients at rural based tertiary care centre in post elimination era.
Bindal T, Kalra IK, Garg M, et al. APALM. 2018; 5(4):A289-A295.
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Minimum requirements and optimal testing strategies of a diagnostic test for leprosy as a tool towards zero transmission: A modeling study.
Blok DJ, de Vlas SJ, Geluk A, et al. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2018; 12(5):e0006529.
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Two cases of delayed diagnosis of leprosy in Mauritania.
Boushab BM, Fall-Malick F-Z, Basco LK. Case Rep Dermatol Med. 2018:4.
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Leprosy in Colombia.
Cardona-Castro N. Curr Trop Med Rep. 2018.
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Coexistence of nerve enlargement and neuratrophy detected by ultrasonography in leprosy patients.
Chen X, Zhang L, Huang M, et al. Sci Rep. 2018; 8(1):11.
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In situ T regulatory cells and Th17 cytokines in paired samples of leprosy type 1 and type 2 reactions.
Costa MB, Hungria EM, Freitas AA, et al. PLoS One. 2018 Jun 8;13(6):e0196853.
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Dependence on others for oral hygiene and its association with hand deformities and functional impairment in elders with a history of leprosy.
Ferreira RC, Gonçalves TX, Soares ARDS, et al. Gerodontology. 2018.
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Relationship between levels of nutrients and habitual coffee consumption and the incidence of anemia in former leprosy patients.
Ginting S, Sidabutar S, Renaldi Sihombing ES. Int J Community Med Public Health. 2018; 5(6):2199-2204.
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"Rapid impact" 10 years after: The first "decade" (2006-2016) of integrated neglected tropical disease control.
Hotez PJ, Fenwick A, Ray SE, et al. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2018 May 24;12(5):e0006137.
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Mycobacterium leprae- specific antibodies in multibacillary leprosy patients decrease during and after treatment with either the regular 12 doses multi-drug therapy (MDT) or the uniform 6 doses MDT.
Hungria EM, Bührer-Sékula S, Oliveira RM, et al. Front Immunol. 2018.
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A case-control study comparing the Dermatology Life Quality Index (DLQI) ratings of patients undergoing leprosy treatment, people cured of leprosy, and controls in Vietnam.
Hunt WTNH, Hùng NT, Tru'ò'ng NN, et al. Lepr Rev. 2018; 89(1):46-55.
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Nuclear Whole-Body Bone Scanning for Leprosy.
Joob B, Wiwanitkit V. Proc (Bayl Univ Med Cent). 2018 Apr 11;31(2):253.
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Biomimetic Solid Lipid Nanoparticles of Sophorolipid Designed for Anti-Leprosy Drugs.
Kanwar R, Gradzielski M, Mehta SK. J Phys Chem B. 2018 Jun 6.
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Leprosy profiles in post elimination stage: Experience at a tertiary care hospital.
Kilikdar M, Gedam D, Pisey A, et al. Natl J Integr Res Med. 2018; 9(2):64-67.
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Ancient DNA study reveals HLA susceptibility locus for leprosy in medieval Europeans.
Krause-Kyora B, Nutsua M, Boehme L, et al. Nat Commun. 2018 May 1;9(1):1569.
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Ensuring no one is left behind: Urgent action required to address implementation challenges for NTD control and elimination.
Krentel A, Gyapong M, Ogundahunsi O, et al. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2018 Jun
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Effectiveness of the retreatment of patients with multibacillary leprosy and episodes of erythema nodosum leprosum and/or persistent neuritis: a single-center experience.
Lastória JC, Almeida TSC, Putinatti MSMA, et al. An Bras Dermatol. 2018 Mar;93(2):181-184.
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Single-dose rifampicin chemoprophylaxis protects those who need it least and is not a cost-effective intervention.
Lockwood DNJ, Krishnamurthy P, Kumar B, et al. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2018 Jun 7;12(6):e0006403.
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Tuberculosis and leprosy coinfection: A perspective on diagnosis and treatment.
Magnum L, Kilpatrick D, Stryjewska B. et al. Open Forum Infectious Diseases.
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The burden of Neglected Tropical Diseases in Brazil, 1990-2016: A subnational analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016.
Martins-Melo FR, Carneiro M, Ramos AN Jr, et al. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2018 Jun 4;12(6):e0006559.
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Autophagy impairment is associated with increased inflammasome activation and reversal reaction development in multibacillary leprosy.
De Mattos Barbosa MG, Silva BJA, Assis TQ, et al. Front Immunol. 2018.
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Policy Lessons From Quantitative Modeling of Leprosy.
Medley GF, Blok DJ, Crump RE, et al. Clin Infect Dis. 2018 Jun 1;66(suppl_4):S281-S285.
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The Genome Sequence of a SNP Type 3K strain of Mycobacterium leprae isolated from a 7th Century Hungarian case of Lepromatous Leprosy.
Mendum TA, Michael Taylor G, Donoghue HD, et al. Int J Osteoarchaeol. 2018.
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World leprosy day 2018: How forward respecting the past?
Naafs B. Indian J Med Res. 2018 Jan;147(1):1-3.
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Serum interleukin-6 and interferon-γ in patients with leprosy.
Nada E, El Taieb M, Fayed H, et al. Egypt J Dermatol Venerol. 2018.
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Anti-lipoarabinomannan specific salivary IgA as prognostic marker for leprosy reactions in patients and cellular immunity in contacts.
Nahas AA, Sousa Lima MI, Goulart IM, et al. Front Immunol. 2018.
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Active case-finding and enhanced data collection to identify neglected tropical diseases.
Nhlabatsi N, Lokotfwako V, Mabundza D, et al. Online J Public Health Inform. 2018; 10(1).
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Mid-borderline leprosy masquerading as an overlap syndrome.
Pawar M, Zawar V. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2018 Apr 27.
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Engineered biomarkers for leprosy diagnosis using labeled and label-free analysis.
de Santana JF, da Silva MRB, Picheth GF, et al.Talanta. 2018 Sep 1;187:165-171.
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Molecular, immunological and neurophysiological evaluations for early diagnosis of neural impairment in seropositive leprosy household contacts.
Santos DFD, Mendonça MR, Antunes DE, et al. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2018; 12(5):e0006455.
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Interpretation of nerve conduction study in polyneuropathy with multibacillary leprosy type 2 reaction.
Sari DT, Widasmara D, Kurniawan SN. Malang Neurology Journal. 2018; 4(2):86-95.
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Ancient genomes reveal a high diversity of Mycobacterium leprae in medieval Europe.
Schuenemann VJ, Avanzi C, Krause-Kyora B, et al. PLoS Pathog. 2018 May 10;14(5):e1006997.
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Study of S100 immunostaining in demonstrating neural granulomas in paucibacillary leprosy.
Shenoy N, Gopinathan Nair N. Indian J Dermatol. 2018; 63(3):215-219.
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Insights into the skin microbiome dynamics of leprosy patients during multi-drug therapy and in healthy individuals from Brazil. Silva PES, Reis MP, Ávila MP, et al. Sci Rep. 2018 Jun 8;8(1):8783.
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Mycobacterium lepromatosis lepromatous leprosy in US citizen who traveled to disease-endemic areas.
Singh AV, Chauhan DS. Emerg Infect Dis. 2018 May;24(5):951-952.
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Leprosy-associated chronic wound management using biomaterials.
Sivasubramanian S, Mohana S, Maheswari P, et al. J Global Infect Dis. 2018; 10(2):99-107.
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Nerve growth factor and pathogenesis of leprosy: review and update.
Sousa JR, Aarão TS, Falcão AS, et al. Front Immunol. 2018.
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Interaction between leprosy and HIV infection.
Sudarsa P, Karna RV, Rusyati LM. Bali dermatology and venereology journal. 2018; 1(1):13-15.
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Leprosy in Children: Needs for Active Intervention.
Thangaraju P, Venkatesan S. Chin Med J (Engl). 2018 Jun 5;131(11):1385.
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A prospective study to validate various clinical criteria used in classification of leprosy: a study from a tertiary care center in India.
Thapa M, Sendhil Kumaran M, Narang T, et al.Int J Dermatol. 2018 May 29.
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Development, Characterization and Transdermal Delivery of Dapsone and an Antibiotic Entrapped in Ethanolic Liposomal Gel for the Treatment of Lapromatous Leprosy.
Tiwari R, Tiwari G, Wal P, et al. Open Nanomed J. 2018; 5:1-15.
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Stigma and increase of leprosy cases in SouthEast Sulawesi Province, Indonesia.
Tosepu R, Gunawan J, Effendy DS, et al. Afr Health Sci. 2018; 18(1):29-31.
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Effectiveness of traditional healers in program to control leprosy in Nagan Raya District in Aceh.
Usman S, Alamsyah T, Yusuf M, et al. Dermatol Res Pract. 2018:1-12.
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Publisher Correction: Structural Implications of Mutations Conferring Rifampin Resistance in Mycobacterium leprae.
Vedithi SC, Malhotra S, Das M, et al. Sci Rep. 2018 May 23;8(1):8250.
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Leprosy: A Time for Elimination by 2020.
Verjee MA. 2018; 2(2):3.
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Histopathological and clinical study of leprosy cases in semi urban and rural India.
Viswanathan K. Indian journal of research. 2018; 7(3):45-46.
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Missense Variants in HIF1A and LACC1 Contribute to Leprosy Risk in Han Chinese.
Wang D, Fan Y, Malhi M, et al. Am J Hum Genet. 2018 Apr 20.
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Discovery of four exonic and one intergenic novel susceptibility loci for leprosy.
Wang Z, Mi Z, Wang H, et al. Clin Genet. 2018 May 3.
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Skin disease prevalence study in schoolchildren in rural Côte d'Ivoire: Implications for integration of neglected skin diseases (skin NTDs).
Yotsu RR, Kouadio K, Vagamon B, et al. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2018 May 17;12(5):e0006489.
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Journals & Newsletters

 

 

Disability, CBR & Inclusive Development: http://dcidj.org/

Hansenologia Internationalis: http://www.ilsl.br/revista/atual.php

Indian Journal of Leprosy: http://www.ijl.org.in/index.html 

Leprosy Review: https://www.lepra.org.uk/Pages/FAQs/Category/volume-89
Leprosy Review Repository (1928-2001) : http://leprev.ilsl.br/arquivo.php

Plos Neglected Tropical Diseases: http://journals.plos.org/plosntds/
 
Revista de Leprología:
http://www.leprosy-information.org/resource/revista-de-leprologia
 
WHO Goodwill Ambassador's Newsletter for the elimination of leprosy:
http://www.smhf.or.jp/e/ambassador/index.html

 

 

 

Websites & Services

 

 

WHO Global Leprosy Programme
http://www.who.int/lep/en/ &
http://www.searo.who.int/entity/global_leprosy_programme/en/

The Global Partnership for Zero leprosy
http://zeroleprosy.org/

LML - Leprosy Mailing List - a free moderated email list that allows all persons interested in this theme to share ideas, information, experiences and questions.
http://leprosymailinglist.blogspot.nl/

InfoNTD - Information on cross-cutting issues in Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) https://www.infontd.org/


 

 

 

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