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

Leprosy Mailing List – May 9,  2019

Ref.:    (LML) Infolep monthly overview of new publications on leprosy - May 2019

From:  Jiske Erlings, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

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Dear collegues,

Infolep provides scientists, professionals and others working in the field of leprosy with up to date knowledge and information to support their daily work.  Every month we send you an overview of (scientific) publications on leprosy recently added to Infolep website. To search the full collection, please visit www.leprosy-information.org. 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 also invited to send us your publications on leprosy for inclusion in the portal. With warm regards, Jiske Erlings Infolep Coordinator www.leprosy-information.org j.erlings@leprastichting.nl

Highlighted publications, tools & websites

Interactive Impact dashboards on the progress being made in the fight against neglected tropical diseases. United to combat NTDs. 2019. Available online 2018 Action Framework Report United to combat NTDs. 2019. Available online A new atlas of leprosy (revised and updated) : a pictorial manual to assist frontline health workers and volunteers in the detection, diagnosis and treatment of clinical leprosy. Sasakawa Health Foundation. 2019. In English and Hindi. Available online Fontilles y la lepra en España. A new web portal with access to many documents and images related to the history of Fontilles and leposy in Spain. Visit online Infolep overview of publications on leprosy in Nepal. Now with working link Improving resource mobilisation for global health R&D: a role for coordination platforms? BMJ Glob Health. Beyeler N, Fewer S, Yotebieng M, Yamey G. 2019 Feb 27;4(1):e001209. Download PDF Research evidence in the humanitarian sector: A practice guide. Evidence Aid. 2019. Available online

New publications

Comparison of the clinical characteristics and outcomes between leprosy-affected persons in Sorokdo and the general population affected by chronic hepatitis C in Korea. Ahn YH, Park H, Lee MJ, et al. Gut Liver. 2019 Feb 27. Download PDF   Causes and solution strategies for hanseniasis in children: Ishikawa diagram / Causas e estratégias de soluções para Hanseníase em crianças: Diagrama de Ishikawa. De Araújo Patrício ACF et al. JRFCO, 2019. v. 11, n. 3, p. 739-747. Download PDF   The Dream of a Mycobacterium. Baranowski C, Rego EH, Rubin EJ. Microbiol Spectr. 2019 Mar;7(2). Read abstract   Hansen's disease. Cataño JC, Ramirez IC. Postgrad Med J. 2019 Apr 29. pii: postgradmedj-2019-136627. Read abstract   pH-responsive chitosan based hydrogels affect the release of dapsone: Design, set-up, and physicochemical characterization. Chaves LL, Silveri A, Vieira ACC, et al. Int J Biol Macromol. 2019 Apr 26. Read abstract   Host immune responses induced by specific Mycobacterium leprae antigens in an overnight whole-blood assay correlate with the diagnosis of paucibacillary leprosy patients in China. Chen X, You YG, et al. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2019 Apr 24;13(4):e0007318. Download PDF   Serial case reports: Pregnancy with Lucio's phenomenon of leprosy in dr. Soetomo hospital, Surabaya. Cininta N, Akbar M, Aryananda R, et al. Dermatology Reports, 2019, 11(1s). Download PDF   Autophagy links antimicrobial activity with antigen presentation in Langerhans cells. Dang AT, Teles RM, Liu PT, et al. JCI Insight. 2019 Apr 18;4(8). Download PDF   État des lieux de la situation épidémiologique de la lèpre en Haïti sur cinq ans (2013-2017) : une première étape vers la mise en œuvre de la stratégie mondiale de lutte contre la lèpre 2016-2020. Dorcelus M, Delaigue S, Bourdeau S, et al. Med Sante Trop. 2019 Feb 1;29(1):29-35. Download PDF   Adverse events in patients with leprosy on treatment with thalidomide. Drummond PLM, Santos RMMD, Carvalho GO, et al. Rev Soc Bras Med Trop. 2019 Apr 11;52:e20180385. Download PDF   Diagnostic delay in a patient with reactional lepromatous leprosy treated as testicular tuberculosis. Ferreira MEB, Diniz LM, Spelta K, et al. An Bras Dermatol. 2019 Mar-Apr;94(2):236–238. Download PDF   Potential for serodiagnosis of Indonesian leprosy patients by detecting antibodies against LID-1. Herwanto N, Sawitri S, Sigit Prakoeswa C R, et al. Dermatology Reports, 2019, 11(1s). Download PDF   "Platelet-rich plasma and its utility in medical dermatology - A systematic review". Hesseler MJ, Shyam N. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2019 Apr 19. Read abstract   Pattern of skin diseases in children attending a dermatology clinic in a referral hospital in Wolaita Sodo, southern Ethiopia. Kelbore AG, Owiti P, Reid AJ, et al. BMC Dermatol. 2019 Apr 8;19(1):5. Download PDF   A new Mycobacterium leprae dihydropteroate synthase variant (V39I) from Papua, Indonesia. Maladan Y, Krismawati H, Hutapea HML, et al. Heliyon. 2019 Mar 7;5(3):e01279. Download PDF   Dermatologic simulation of neglected tropical diseases for medical professionals. Mankbadi M, Goyack L, Thiel B, et al. MedEdPORTAL. 2016 Dec 31;12:10525. Download PDF   A case of imported leprosy in Italy: Implications for surveillance by Public Health Services of local health authorities. Marotta M, Dallolio L, Toni G, et al. Travel Med Infect Dis. 2019 Apr 3. Read abstract   Leprosy in the elderly population and the occurrence of physical disabilities: Is there cause for concern? Matos TS, do Carmo RF, Santos FGB et al. An Bras Dermatol. 2019 Mar-Apr;94(2):243–245. Download PDF   Leprosy in the post-elimination phase: so near and yet so far. Mushtaq S. G. Ital Dermatol Venereol. 2019 Apr 23. Read abstract   The role of perceptions and knowledge of leprosy in the elimination of leprosy: A baseline study in Fatehpur district, northern India. van 't Noordende AT, Korfage I, Lisam S, et al. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2019 Apr 5;13(4):e0007302. Download PDF   Onchocerciasis in Mozambique: An unknown condition for health professionals. Noormahomed EV, Mascaró-Lazcano C. EC Microbiol. 2019 Mar;15(3):160-167. Download PDF   Mycobacterium leprae deoxyribonucleic acid positivity on skin lesion of untreated leprosy patients and its route to the skin surface. Novianto E, Manalu P, Effendi Wiryadi, et al. Dermatology Reports, 2019, 11(1s). Download PDF   The Correlation of Ig M Anti PGL-1 antibody between blood veins and dryed capillary blood on filter papers in household contact of leprosy patient. Prakoeswa A., Rumondor B, Trianita M, et al. Dermatology Reports, 2019, 11(1s). Download PDF   Clinico-epidemiological study of disability due to leprosy at the time of diagnosis among patients attending a tertiary care institution. Reyila VP, Betsy A, Riyaz N, et al. Indian J Dermatol. 2019 Mar-Apr;64(2):106-111. Download PDF   Immunoglobulin AMG Anti Natural Disaccharide Octyl - Leprosy IDRI diagnostic (NDO-LID) serologic test for leprosy diagnosis: a pilot study. Rumondor B, Prakoeswa A, Trianita M, et al. Dermatology Reports, 2019, 11(1s). Download PDF   Correlation of serum vitamin D receptor level with bacterial index in multibacillary leprosy patients at Sanglah General Hospital, Bali-Indonesia. Rusyati LM, Adiguna MS, Wiraguna AAGP, et al. Biomed Pharmacol J 2019;12(1). Download PDF   Neutrophils in leprosy. Schmitz V, Tavares IF, Pignataro P, et al. Front Immunol. 2019 Mar 19;10:495.   Unfinished business - Leprosy still not defeated. Scollard DM. Indian J Med Res 2019;149:1-4. Download PDF   Transepidermal elimination: Role in leprosy transmission. Shah H, Tiwary AK, Kumar P. Authors' reply - Indian J Dermatol Venereol Leprol. 2019 Mar 29.   Recent Laboratory advances in diagnostics and monitoring response to treatment in leprosy. Sengupta U. Indian Dermatol Online J. 2019 Mar-Apr;10(2):106-114. Download PDF   Distribution of Mycobacterium leprae genotypes from Surabaya and Bandung clinical Isolates by multiple locus variable number of tandem repeat analysis. Sigit Prakoeswa CR, Rumondor BB, Damayanti L, et al.  Dermatology Reports, 2019. 11(1s). Download PDF   Mirror therapy for improving motor functions in patients with leprosy with grade 2 disabilities. Singh M, Pawar M. Neurol Clin Pract. 2019 Apr;9(2):118-123. Read abstract   Leprosy transmission in Bahia, 2001-2015: modeling based on Jointpoint regression and spatial scan statistics. de Souza CDF, Luna CF, Magalhães MAFM. Epidemiol Serv Saude. 2019;28(1):e2018065. Download PDF   Spatial modeling of leprosy in the state of Bahia and its social determinants: a study of health inequities. de Souza CDF, Luna CF, Magalhães MDAFM. An Bras Dermatol. 2019 Mar-Apr;94(2):182–191. Download pdf   Spatial clustering, social vulnerability and risk of leprosy in an endemic area in Northeast Brazil:an ecological study. de Souza CDF, Rocha VS, Santos NF, J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol. 2019 Mar 23. Download PDF   Report of a leprosy case in Singapore: an age-old disease not to be forgotten in developed countries with low-prevalence settings. Tan YE, Yeo YW, Ang DJQ, Chan MMF, Pang SM, Sng L-H. Access Microbiology, 2019. Download PDF   A simpler diagnostic method using blood collection on filter paper to determine anti-natural octyl disaccharide-leprosy infectious disease research institute diagnostic in household contacts of leprosy patients. Trianita M, Rumondor B, Prakoeswa A, et al. Dermatology Reports, 2019, 11(1s). Download PDF   Orientación de la atención primaria en las acciones contra la lepra: factores relacionados con los profesionales. [Orientation of primary care in actions to control leprosy: factors relating to professionals] Nayara Figueiredo Vieira, Fernanda Moura Lanza, José Ramón Martínez-Riera, et al. Gaceta Sanitaria, 2019. Download PDF   Clinico-immunological spectrum of American tegumentary leishmaniasis and leprosy coinfection: A case series in Southeastern Brazil. Vernal S, Bueno-Filho R, Gomes CM, et al. Rev Soc Bras Med Trop. 2019 Apr 11;52:e20180172. Download PDF   Dermatoscopy in leprosy and its correlation with clinical spectrum and histopathology: A prospective observational study. Vinay K, Kamat D, Chatterjee D, et al. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol. 2019 Apr 20. Read abstract   The spatial epidemiology of leprosy in Kenya: A retrospective study. Wangara F, Kipruto H, Ngesa O, PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2019 Apr 22;13(4):e0007329. Download PDF   Diffuse lepromatous leprosy caused by dual infection of mycobacterium leprae and mycobacterium lepromatosis: A case report. Widiatma R, Sukanto H. Dermatology Reports, 2019, 11(1s). Download PDF   Relationship between psychological health and quality of life of people affected by leprosy in the community in Guangdong province, China: a cross-sectional study. Xiong M, Wang X, Su T, et al. BMC Public Health. 2019 Apr 23;19(1):424. Download PDF

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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/leprosy-review-index 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: https://www.shf.or.jp/information/g/ambassador?lang=en

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. https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/leprosymailinglist InfoNTD - Information on cross-cutting issues in Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) https://www.infontd.org/ LML - S Deepak, B Naafs, S Noto and P Schreuder LML blog link: http://leprosymailinglist.blogspot.it/ Contact: Dr Pieter Schreuder << editorlml@gmail.com