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(LML) Infolep monthly overview of new publications on leprosy - January 2019

Leprosy Mailing List – January 9,  2019
Ref.:  (LML) Infolep monthly overview of new publications on leprosy - January 2019
From:  Jiske Erlings, Amsterdam, the Netherlands


Dear colleagues,

Happy New Year and welcome to the first Infolep mailing of 2019.
2018 has been a productive year for Infolep leprosy information services:
  • The Infolep portal now offers access to over 28,400 publications (1,020 items added in 2018)
  • The portal received 21,893 unique visitors in 2018.
Below you will find a selection of recent publications on leprosy. Feel free to contact me to receive the full text versions if a link to the full text is not included.

We would like to thank our partners American Leprosy Missions, DAHW, Damien Foundation Belguim, Fairmed, Fontilles, Fondation Raoul Follereau, Lepra, Leprosy Relief Canada and Netherlands Leprosy Relief for their continued support. With their help we can continue to strive for the best possible leprosy information services in 2019!

Wishing everyone a peaceful new year!

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

Highlighted publication

Neuropathic limb care : a practical guide to procedures for reducing disabilities and amputations. Grace Warren. 2018.
This book is a distillation of the authors' knowledge, gathered from over 60 years experience of treating patients with neuropathic limbs. More information at the publishers website.
 

New publications

Disability grades and quality of social relationships among people with leprosy in Donorojo Leprosy Rehabilitation Village.
Aishia F, Wiarsih W. UI Proc. HealthMed. 2018; 3:32-34.
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Post-discharge of subjects with leprosy: Prevalence of physical disabilities and overlapping of other diseases.
Araújo ÉJB, de Araújo OD, de Araújo TME, et al. Cogitare Enferm. 2018; 23(4):e58080.
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Validity of FNAC for the Diagnosis of Leprosy.
Baddam GSC, Sana VP, Maddali M, et al. Indian J Lepr. 2018; 90:137-146.
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Neglected Tropical Diseases and mental health: Progress, partnerships, and integration.
Bailey F, Eaton J, Jidda M, van Brakel WH, Addiss DG, Molyneux DH. Trends Parasitol. 2018 Dec 18.
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Polymorphisms in the TGFB1 and IL2RA genes are associated with clinical forms of leprosy in Brazilian population.
de Camargo RM, da Silva WL, Medeiros P, et al. Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz. 2018; 113(12):e180274.
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[Leprosy Research and International Collaboration].
Cho S-N. Korean Lepr Bull. 2018.
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Accuracy of Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assays (ELISAs) in detecting antibodies against Mycobacterium leprae in leprosy patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
Espinosa OA, Benevides Ferreira SM, et al. Can J Infect Dis Med Microbiol. 2018; 2018:11.
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Ticks as potential vectors of Mycobacterium leprae: Use of tick cell lines to culture the bacilli and generate transgenic strains.
da Ferreira JS, Souza DA, Santos JP, et al. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2018; 12(12):e0007001.
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Analysis of research intensity on infectious disease by disease burden reveals which infectious diseases are neglected by researchers.
Furuse Y. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2018 Dec 31.
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[Leprosy and adolescence]
Figueiredo MB, Santos da Silva I, do Nascimento Vieira T. Revista DêCiência em Foco. 2018; 2(2):86-98.
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Profile of disease in leprosy patients diagnosed in a tertiary care centre in Kolkata during 2014-2017.
Ghosh RR, Sikdar S, Ghosh AP et al. Indian J Lepr. 2018; 90:119-127.
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Multibacillary and paucibacillary leprosy dynamics: a simulation model including a delay.
Giraldo LAH, Uzuga G, Raigosa OS, et al. Applied mathematical sciences. 2018; 12(32):1677-1685.
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[Hanseniasis coprevalence in contacts with age between 5 and 15 years in the Northeast of Brazil].
Goes FDS, Tavares CM, e Silva JMO, et al. Rev. baiana enferm. 2018; 32:e26100.
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Skin-related Neglected Tropical Diseases (Skin NTDs)-A new challenge.
Hay RJ, Asiedu K. Trop Med Infect Dis. 2018 Dec 25;4(1).
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Analysis of social determinants of health and disability scores in leprosy-affected persons in Salem, Tamil Nadu, India.
Heidinger M, Simonnet E, Karippadathu SF, et al. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2018; 15(12):2769.
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Evaluation of immunodiagnostic tests for leprosy in Brazil, China and Ethiopia.
van Hooij A, Tjon Kon Fat EM, Batista da Silva M, et al.
Sci Rep. 2018; 8(1):17920.
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Co-existence of mycobacterial infections: is it an emerging issue with retroviral infections?
Keragala B, Herath H, Janappriya G, Gunasekera CN. Trop Doct. 2018 Dec 24:49475518819618.
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Trend analysis of leprosy in Morocco between 2000 and 2017: Evidence on the single dose rifampicin chemoprophylaxis.
Khoudri I, Elyoussfi Z, Mourchid Y, et al. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2018; 12(12):e0006910.
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[Seropositivity of Hepatitis C virus among persons affected leprosy in Korea].
Kim J-P, Kang K-H, Park J-M. Korean Lepr Bull. 2018; 51(1):13-21.
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Antimicrobial resistance in leprosy.
Kumar B. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2018 Dec 21.
 


Antimicrobial resistance in leprosy: results of the first prospective open survey conducted by a WHO surveillance network for the
period 200-9-15. Cambau, Saunderson, Matsuoka, Cole et al.
Lockwood D, Walker S. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2018 Dec 21.
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Insights on Mycobacterium leprae efflux pumps and their implications in drug resistance and virulence.
Machado D, Lecorche E, Mougari F, et al. Front Microbiol. 2018.
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Quoi de neuf en dermatologie Clinique? [What's new in clinical dermatology?].
Mahé A. Ann Dermatol Venereol. 2018 Dec;145 Suppl 7:VIIS1-VIIS10. French.
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Perceived stigma of leprosy among community members and health care providers in Lalitpur district of Nepal: A qualitative study.
Marahatta SB, Amatya R, Adhikari S, et al. PLoS ONE; 2018; 13(12):e0209676.
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Leprosy: meanings and experiences among adolescents with the disease and their family members.
Marinho FD, Avellar LZ, Souza LGS, et al. Cad. Bras. Ter. Ocup. 2018; 26(4):837-848.
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A randomized controlled trial of prednisolone vs. interleukin 17 A inhibitor secuinumab in the management of type 1 lepra reaction in leprosy patients.
Mitra D. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2018; 5(suppl_1):S290.
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Inter-relationships among delay, defaulting, deformity and de-habilitation in leprosy: Markers for eradicating leprosy in India.
Moturu SR, Pamidipani SSR. Indian J Lepr. 2018; 90:109-118.
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Leprosy in children.
Narang T, Kumar B. Indian J Paediatr Dermatol. 2019; 20(1):12-24.
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The relationship of nerve function impairment and symptoms in leprosy.
do Nascimento MGB, Lopes GL, Albuquerque NC, et al. Indian J Lepr. 2018; 90:101-108.
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Geriatric leprosy: Two cases of new onset leprosy above 80 years of age.
Natasha G, Gallagher K, Simpson C, et al. Indian J Lepr. 2018; 90:167-172.
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The effects of prednisolone treatment on serological responses and lipid profiles in Ethiopian leprosy patients with Erythema Nodosum Leprosum reactions.
Negera E, Tilahun M, Bobosha K, et al. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2018; 12(12):e0007035.
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Identification of IL-10 gene polymorphisms in leprosy.
Oktariana D, Susilawati S, Prasasti GD. BioScientia Medicina. 2018; 2(4):12-19.
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Two atypical presentations of lepra reactions.
Pathania V, Shelly D, Shankar P, et al. Int J Mycobacteriol. 2018; 7(4):390-393.
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A ten year study of pediatric leprosy cases in a tertiary care centre in South Kerala.
Philip M, Samson JF, Ebenezer S. Indian J Lepr. 2018; 90:95-99.
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[Association between the degree of physical disability, activity limitation and social participation with quality of life in discharged haneniasis patients].
Pinheiro MGC. Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte. 2018:143.
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Information on drugs used in management of lepra reactions in commonly used drug information sources in India.
Pugazhenthan T, Venkatesan S, Tamilselvan T, et al. Indian J Lepr. 2018; 90:129-136.
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Mining medication behavior of the completion leprosy's multi-drug therapy in Indonesia.
Rachmani E, Lin M-C, Hsu C-Y, et al. 2018 International Seminar on Application for Technology of Information and Communication. 2018:271-274.
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Type 2 reaction continuing after 15 years of MDT in an atypical pattern: A case report.
Rattan R, Chauhan M, Sharma A, et al. Indian J Lepr. 2018; 90:161-166.
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Genomic reduction at TTC repeats in the bacterial genome of treated cases of Hansen's disease: A possible survival mechanism of Mycobacterium leprae.
Reja AHH, De A, kumar Patra P, et al. Indian J Dermatol. 2018; 63(6):449-454.
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Mycobacterium leprae recombinant antigen induces high expression of multifunction T lymphocytes and is promising as a specific vaccine for leprosy.
Santos MB, Simon MD, Barreto AS, et al. Front Immunol. 2018.
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The correlation between contact history and knowledge with incidence of leprosy in Jeneponto district, South Sulawesi, Indonesia.
Sapriadi S, Wanci R, Syahridha. Int J Community Med Public Health. 2018; 6(1):89-92.
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[The development of laboratory diagnostic of leprosy using polymerase chain reaction].
Saroyants LV, Arnaudova SK, Abramov DD, et al. Klin. Lab. Diagn. 2018; 63(1):55-59.
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Approaches and challenges in the prevention of leprosy.
Saunderson P. Ethiop. Med. J. 2019; 57(1):75-78.
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Factors associated with leprosy in a municipality of the Pre-Amazon region, state of Maranhão, Brazil.
da Silva AR, Lima Neto PM, Santos LHD, et al. Rev. Soc. Bras. Med. Trop. 2018; 51(6):789-794.
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[Clinical variables associated to the degree of physical disability in leprosy].
Silva Rezende da Silva J, Proença Palmeira I, Sá AMM, et al. Rev Cuid. 2019; 10(1):e618.
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VDR polymorphism, gene expression and vitamin D levels in leprosy patients from North Indian population.
Singh I, Lavania M, Pathak VK, et al. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2018; 12(11):e0006823.
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[Leprosy and primary care: an evaluation study from a medical perspective].
Sousa GS, Da Silva RLF, Brasil-Xavier M. Rev. Salud Pública. 2018; 20(3):359-365.
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[Epidemiology of leprosy in Rondonópolis / MT: 2001 to 2010].
de Souza TJ, da Neto LRC, Lisboa HCF. 2018; 44(3):1-10.
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Spatial study of leprosy in Bahia, Brazil, 2001-2012: an approach based on the local empirical Bayesian model.
de Souza CDF, Santos FGB, de Marques CS, et al. Epidemiol Serv Saude. 2018; 27(4):e2017479.
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Leprosy at the edge of Europe-biomolecular, isotopic and osteoarchaeological findings from medieval Ireland.
Taylor MG, Murphy EM, Mendum TA, et al. PLoS ONE. 13(12):e0209495.
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Leprosy cases with respiratory infection - Rule out tuberculosis simultaneously with dapsone syndrome.
Thangaraju P, Venkatesan S. Indian J Pharmacol. 2018; 50(4):215-216.
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[Dentistry attention to patients with hanseniasis: an integrating review].
Vilhena AT, Júnior AFC, de Mendes PSM, et al. Acervo Saúde. 2018; 18:e137.
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Does appreciative inquiry decrease false positive diagnosis during leprosy case detection campaigns in Bihar, India? An operational research study.
Wagh AN, Mugudalabetta S, Gutierrez NO, et al. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2018; 12(12):e0007004.
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Landscapes of illness, politics of segregation and discourse of empathy in the 19th century leprosy narratives of Hawaii.
Wang I-C. CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture. 2018; 20(5):1-8.
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[Epidemiological profile of grade 2 physical disability individuals in new cases of leprosy, during 10 years, in Guarapuava-PR].
Wendler SA, Novak VC, Bim CR, et al. R. Saúde Públ. Parana. 2018; 1(2):90-100.
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[Early diagnosis of leprosy in children of Vila Santo Antônio do Prata, hyperendimic region in the state of Pará].
Xavier MB, Souza HSL, Costa SMR, et al. Revista Conexão UEPG. 2019; 15(1):27-42.
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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

 




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