(LML) Infolep monthly overview of new publications on leprosy - January 2017

Leprosy Mailing List – January 16,  2017

Ref.: (LML) Infolep monthly overview of new publications on leprosy - January 2017

From:  Jiske Erlings, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

---

 

Dear Pieter and LML readers,

Dear friends and colleagues,    Happy New Year and welcome to the first Infolep mailing of 2017. 2016 has been a productive year for Infolep leprosy information services: The Infolep portal now offers access to over 26,200 publications (800 items added in 2016); The portal received 33,512 unique visitors (versus 29,348 in 2015, +14%); Development of a new look & improved search functionality for the portal; Implementation of French, Portuguese and Spanish interfaces started. We would like to thank our partners American Leprosy Missions, DAHW, Damien Foundation, Fairmed, Fontilles, Fondation Raoul Follereau, Lepra, Leprosy Relief Canada and NLR for their continued support. With their help we can continue to strive for the best possible leprosy information services in 2017! Below you will find a selection of recent publications on leprosy. Feel free to contact me (infolep@leprastichting.nl) to receive the full text versions if a link to the full text is not included. Please send us your publications on leprosy or material on leprosy in your language to include in the portal. With kind regards,   Jiske Erlings Infolep Information specialist

 

 

Highlighted publications

 

 

WHO Global Leprosy Strategy 2016-2020. English - Français - Español - Portugués  WHO Global leprosy strategy 2016-2020 - Operational Manual.  English - Français International textbook of leprosy. Scollard DM, Gillis TP. American Leprosy Missions. 2016. Now online - with new chapters!

 

 

New publications

 

 

HLA Alleles are Genetic Markers for Susceptibility and Resistance towards Leprosy in a Mexican Mestizo Population. Aguilar-Medina M, Escamilla-Tilch M, Frías-Castro LO, et al. Ann Hum Genet. 2016 Dec 27. Read abstract  Evaluation of Teaching on Leprosy by Students at a Brazilian Public Medical School. Alves CRP, Araujo MG,  Ribeiro MMF et al. Rev. bras. educ. med. 2016; 40 (3).3. Download PDF Non-exponential growth of Mycobacterium leprae Thai-53 strain cultured in vitro. Amako K, Iida KI, Saito M, et al. Microbiol Immunol. 2016 Dec 7. Read abstract Number of leprosy reactions during treatment: clinical correlations and laboratory diagnosis. Antunes DE, Ferreira GP, Nicchio MV, et al. Rev Soc Bras Med Trop. 2016 Nov-Dec;49(6):741-745. Download PDF Leprosy. Binns C, Low WY. Asia Pac J Public Health. 2016 Oct;28(7):560-561. Download PDF Reducing Stigmatisation of Leprosy: What is Being Done? Castro CBJM. J Tradi Med Clin Natur. 2016; 5: 194. Download PDF Leprosy in a patient infected with HIV. Galtrey CM, Modarres H, Jaunmuktane Z, et al. Pract Neurol. 2016 Dec 9. Read abstract Can baseline ML Flow test results predict leprosy reactions? An investigation in a cohort of patients enrolled in the uniform multidrug therapy clinical trial for leprosy patients in Brazil. Hungria EM, Oliveira RM, Penna GO, et al. Infect Dis Poverty. 2016 Dec 6;5(1):110. Download PDF Conjugal leprosy: is there a need for active surveillance in endemic areas? Jindal A, Prabhu SS, Shenoi SD, et al. Trop Doct. 2017 Jan 1:49475516686541. Download PDF Infectious Granulomatous Dermatitis at a Tertiary Care Centre in North Maharashtra: A Histopathological Study. Kumbar R, Dravid N, Nagappa KG, et al. J Clin Diagn Res. 2016 Nov;10(11):EC13-EC16. Download PDF Diabetes Mellitus, Leprosy: Intensive Education Protocol in Foot at Risk, Santa Marcelina Hospital, Amazon, Brazil. Leite O, Oliveria V, Rodrigues A, et al. Open Journal of Endocrineand Metabolic Diseases. 2017; 7, 52-58. Download PDF The Impact of a Rights-Based Counselling Intervention to Reduce Stigma in People Affected by Leprosy in Indonesia. Lusli M, Peters R, van Brakel W, et al. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2016 Dec 13;10(12):e0005088. Download PDF Consider leprosy as an aetiology of sensory neuronopathy. Mansukhani KA, Khadilkar SV. Muscle Nerve. 2016 Dec 22. Read abstract Sociodemographic and epidemiological profile of leprosy patients in an endemic region in Brazil. Martins RJ, Carloni ME, Moimaz SA, et al. Rev Soc Bras Med Trop. 2016 Nov-Dec;49(6):777-780. Download PDF "I Wasted 3 Years, Thinking It's Not a Problem": Patient and Health System Delays in Diagnosis of Leprosy in India: A Mixed-Methods Study. Muthuvel T, Govindarajulu S, Isaakidis P, et al. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2017 Jan 12;11(1):e0005192. Download PDF Ultrasound elastography assessment of the median nerve in leprosy patients. Nogueira-Barbosa MH, Lugão HB, Gregio-Júnior E, et al.Muscle Nerve. 2016 Dec 15. Read abstract Global leprosy strategy 2016-2020: Issues and concerns. Rao PN. Indian J Dermatol Venereol Leprol. 2017 Jan-Feb;83(1):4-6. Download PDF Leprosy and bone marrow involvement. Rastogi P, Chhabria BA, Sreedharanunni S, et al.QJM. 2016 Nov 15. pii: hcw204. Download PDF Unusual Presentation of Multibacillary Nodular Leprosy. Raut S, Kanade S, Nataraj G, et al. J Lab Physicians. 2017 Jan-Mar;9(1):57-59. Download PDF Evaluation of Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) with Slit Skin Smear Examination (SSS) to Confirm Clinical Diagnosis of Leprosy in Eastern Nepal. Siwakoti S, Rai K, Bhattarai NR, Agarwal S, et al. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2016 Dec 27;10(12):e0005220. Download PDF Autophagy Is an Innate Mechanism Associated with Leprosy Polarization. Silva BJ, Barbosa MG, Andrade PR, et al. PLoS Pathog. 2017 Jan 5;13(1):e1006103. Download PDF Type 1 reaction in leprosy patients corresponds with a decrease in pro-resolving and an increase in pro-inflammatory lipid mediators. Silva CA, Webb K, Andre BG, et al. J Infect Dis. 2016 Dec 8. Read abstract Th9 cytokines response and its possible implications in the immunopathogenesis of leprosy. de Sousa JR, Pagliari C, de Almeida DS, et al. J Clin Pathol. 2016 Dec 7. Read abstract Increased IL-35 producing Tregs and CD19(+)IL-35(+) cells are associated with disease progression in leprosy patients. Tarique M, Saini C, Naqvi RA, et al. Cytokine. 2016 Dec 27;91:82-88. Read abstract A large-scale genome-wide association and meta-analysis identified four novel susceptibility loci for leprosy. Wang Z, Sun Y, Fu X, et al. Nat Commun. 2016 Dec 15;7:13760. Download PDF

 

 

Journals & Newsletters

 

 

Community Eye Health Journal: http://www.cehjournal.org/ 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-87 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.leprosy-information.org/resource/who-goodwill-ambassador-s-newsletter-elimination-leprosy

 

 

Websites & Services

 

 

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

 

 

---

LML - S Deepak, B Naafs, S Noto and P Schreuder

LML blog link: http://leprosymailinglist.blogspot.it/

Contact: Dr Pieter Schreuder << editorlml@gmail.com

 

 

---

This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. www.avast.com