(LML) Infolep Season's Greetings & update of new publications on leprosy

Leprosy Mailing List – December 23,  2017

Ref.:  (LML)  Infolep Season's Greetings & update of new publications on leprosy

From:  Jiske Erlings, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

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Dear Pieter,

Season's Greetings from Infolep! Did you know that the Infolep portal gives you access to over 27,200 publications on leprosy? The purpose of this monthly newsletter is to inform you about recent publications on leprosy and related subjects.  Feel free to contact me to receive the full text versions if a link to the full text is not provided. Assistance with your literature research is also possible. Do you have any leprosy research or training material you would like to share? Please send me an e-mail. Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas and a peaceful new year!  Jiske Erlings, jerlings@leprastichting.nl Infolep Information officer

 

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Highlighted publications

 

 

Ending Neglected Tropical Diseases: A gateway to Universal Health Coverage - Fifth progress report on the London Declaration on NTDs. 2017 Download PDF G-finder 2017: Neglected Disease Research & Development: Reflecting on a decade of global investment Download PDF Leprosy Review - Volume 88, issue 3, October 2017.  Read online

 

 

New publications

 

 

A case of leprosy in central Florida. Anderson KL, Minni JP, Nowak MA, et al. Cutis. 2017 Nov;100(5):327-329. Download PDF    Leprosy in nonimmigrant Canadian man without travel outside North America, 2014. Bonnar PE, Cunningham NP, Boggild AK, et al.  Emerg Infect Dis. 2018 Jan;24(1):165-166. Download PDF   Stigmatization in dermatology with a special focus on psoriatic patients. Dimitrov D, Szepietowski JC. Postepy Hig Med Dosw (Online). 2017 Dec 11;71(0):1115-1122. Read abstract   Genotyping of Mycobacterium leprae for better understanding of leprosy transmission in Fortaleza, Northeastern Brazil. Fontes ANB, Lima LNGC, Mota RMS, et al. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2017 Dec 15;11(12):e0006117. Download PDF   Factors associated with the delay of diagnosis of leprosy in northeastern Colombia: a quantitative analysis. Gómez L, Rivera A, Vidal Y, et al. Trop Med Int Health. 2017 Dec 12. Read abstract   The lateral tarsal strip for paralytic ectropion in patients with leprosy. Jue MS, Yoo J, Kim MS, et al. Ann Dermatol. 2017 Dec;29(6):742-746. Download PDF   Increasing virulence in leprosy indicated by global Mycobacterium spp. Levis W, Rendini T, Martiniuk F. Emerg Infect Dis. 2018 Jan;24(1):183a-184. Download PDF   Early human migrations (ca. 13,000 Years Ago) or postcontact Europeans for the earliest spread of Mycobacterium leprae and Mycobacterium lepromatosis to the Americas. Mark S. Interdiscip Perspect Infect Dis. 2017;2017:6491606. Download PDF   Increased activated memory B-cells in the peripheral blood of patients with erythema nodosum leprosum reactions. Negera E, Walker SL, Bekele Y, et al. et al. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2017 Dec 18;11(12):e0006121. Download PDF   Historical perspectives on leprosy control in Nigeria: problems and prospects. Okeke T, Nwankwo IU. International journal of health and social inquiry. 2017; 3(1):141-151. Download PDF   A study of early post-operative active mobilization in tibialis posterior tendon transfer for foot drop correction in leprosy patients-a surgical anatomy prospective. Pattnaik A, Giri SK, Haldar A, et al. International Journal of Medical and Health Research. 2017; 3(11):22-24. Download PDF   Longitudinal assessment of anti-PGL-I serology in contacts of leprosy patients in Bangladesh. Richardus RA, van der Zwet K, van Hooij A, et al. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2017 Dec 11;11(12):e0006083. Download PDF   Active leprosy neuritis detected on FDG PET/CT. Roy SG, Parida GK, Tripathy S, et al. Clin Nucl Med. 2017 Dec 19. Read abstract   Leprosy as a complex infection: breakdown of the Th1 and Th2 Immune paradigm in the immunopathogenesis of the disease. de Sousa JR, Sotto MN, Simões Quaresma JA. Front Immunol. 2017 Nov 28;8:1635. Download PDF   Physical disability degree in the elderly population affected by leprosy in the state of Bahia, Brazil. de Souza CDF, de Fernandes TRMO, Matos TS, et al. Acta Fisiatr. 2017; 24(1):27-32. Download PDF   Evaluation of the economic burden of leprosy among migrant and resident patients in Guangdong Province, China. Xiong M, Li M, Zheng D, et al. BMC Infect Dis. 2017 Dec 11;17(1):760. Download PDF   Amino acid variants of HLA-DRB1 confer susceptibility to dapsone hypersensitivity syndrome in addition to HLA-B*13:01. Yue Z, Sun Y, Wang C, et al. J Invest Dermatol. 2017 Dec 9. Read abstract

 

 

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-88 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

 

 

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