Molecular evidence for the aerial route of infection of Mycobacterium leprae and the role of asymptomatic carriers in the persistence of leprosy.
Araujo S, Freitas LO, Goulart LR, et al. Clin Infect Dis. 2016
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Diagnosis and medical treatment of neuropathic pain in leprosy.
Arco RD, Nardi SM, Bassi TG, et al. Rev Lat Am Enfermagem. 2016 Aug 8;24:e2731.
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Transmission of drug-resistant leprosy in Guinea-Conakry detected by molecular epidemiological approaches.
Avanzi C, Busso P, Benjak A, et al. Clin Infect Dis. 2016 Aug 23.
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The value of histopathological diagnosis in the elderly patients with granulomatous dermatoses.
Badea MA, Buicu CF, Sin AI, et al. Rom J Morphol Embryol. 2016;57(2):525-9.
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DNA Sensing via TLR-9 Constitutes a Major Innate Immunity Pathway Activated during Erythema Nodosum Leprosum.
Dias AA, Silva CO, Santos JP, et al. J Immunol. 2016 Jul 29.
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Leprosy Masquerading as Systemic Rheumatic Diseases.
El-Gendy H, El-Gohary RM, Shohdy KS, et al. J Clin Rheumatol. 2016 Aug;22(5):264-71
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Evidences of aerial route of Mycobacterium leprae infection and doubts about transmission and natural protection in leprosy.
Frade MA, Foss NT. Clin Infect Dis. 2016 Aug 23.
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Application of Mycobacterium Leprae-specific cellular and serological tests for the differential diagnosis of leprosy from confounding dermatoses.
Freitas AA, Hungria EM, Costa MB, et al. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2016 Jul 27.
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Addition of Mycobacterium indicus pranii (MIP) vaccine as an immunotherapeutic with standard chemotherapy in borderline leprosy: A double blind study to assess clinical improvement (A preliminary report).
Kamal R, Pathak V, Kumari A, et al. Br J Dermatol. 2016 Aug 12.
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Jagged1 Instructs Macrophage Differentiation in Leprosy.
Kibbie J, Teles RM, Wang Z, et al. PLoS Pathog. 2016 Aug 17;12(8):e1005808.
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Lucio Phenomenon In Non-endemic Area of Northeast Asia.
Kim JY, Chung KY, Kim WJ, et al. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol. 2016 Aug 18.
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Subversion of Schwann Cell Glucose Metabolism by Mycobacterium leprae.
Medeiros RC, Vasconcelos KG, Cardoso FK, et al. J Biol Chem. 2016 Aug 23.
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Profiling of Intracellular Metabolites: An Approach to Understanding the Characteristic Physiology of Mycobacterium leprae.
Miyamoto Y, Mukai T, Matsuoka M, et al. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2016 Aug 1;10(8):e0004881.
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Drug-resistance in leprosy: moving toward understanding the scope of the problem and how to tackle it.
Moraes MO. Clin Infect Dis. 2016 Aug 23.
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Minocycline in leprosy patients with recent onset clinical nerve function impairment.
Narang T, Arshdeep, Dogra S. Dermatol Ther. 2016 Aug 23.
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Schwann cells are vulnerable to primary infection by pathogens responsible for inflammatory peripheral nerve neuropathies; a brief review.
Neal JW, Gasque P. J Infect. 2016 Aug 18.
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Spatial and temporal epidemiology of Mycobacterium leprae infection among leprosy patients and household contacts of an endemic region in Southeast Brazil.
Nicchio MV, Araujo S, Martins LC, et al. Acta Trop. 2016 Jul 25;163:38-45.
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Leprosy: ancient disease remains a public health problem nowadays.
Noriega LF, Chiacchio ND, Noriega AF, et al. An Bras Dermatol. 2016 Jul-Aug;91(4):547-548.
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Leprosy treatment during pregnancy and breastfeeding: A case report and brief review of literature.
Ozturk Z, Tatliparmak A. Dermatol Ther. 2016 Aug 23.
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Mycobacterium leprae Activates Toll-Like Receptor-4 Signaling and Expression on Macrophages Depending on Previous Bacillus Calmette-Guerin Vaccination.
Polycarpou A, Holland MJ, Karageorgiou I, et al. Front Cell Infect Microbiol. 2016 Jul 8;6:72.
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A Case of Fluoroquinolone-Resistant Leprosy Discovered after 9 Years of Misdiagnosis.
Raharolahy O, Ramarozatovo LS, Ranaivo IM, et al. Case Rep Infect Dis. 2016;2016:4632369.
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A case of leprosy in Malawi. Making the final push towards eradication: a clinical and public health perspective.
Roe C, May LS. Infect Dis Poverty. 2016 Sep 2;5(1):90.
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Renal amyloidosis in leprosy, an infrequent cause of nephrotic syndrome in Europe.
Sanz-Martín N, Samillán-Sosa Kdel R, De Miguel J, et al. BMJ Case Rep. 2016 Aug 3;2016.
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Proposing a Compartmental Model for Leprosy and Parameterizing Using Regional Incidence in Brazil.
Smith RL. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2016 Aug 17;10(8):e0004925.
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Expression of CD64 on Circulating Neutrophils Favoring Systemic Inflammatory Status in Erythema Nodosum Leprosum.
Schmitz V, Prata RB, Barbosa MG, et al. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2016 Aug 24;10(8):e0004955.
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Fine-mapping analysis revealed complex pleiotropic effect and tissue-specific regulatory mechanism of TNFSF15 in primary biliary cholangitis, Crohn's disease and leprosy.
Sun Y, Irwanto A, Toyo-Oka L, Hong M, et al. Sci Rep. 2016 Aug 10;6:31429.
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Presence of viable Mycobacterium leprae in environmental specimens around houses of leprosy patients.
Turankar RP, Lavania M, Singh M, et al. Indian J Med Microbiol. 2016 Jul-Sep;34(3):315-21.
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Genetic variants of the MAVS, MITA and MFN2 genes are not associated with leprosy in Han Chinese from Southwest China.
Wang D, Li GD, Zhang DF, et al. Infect Genet Evol. 2016 Aug 20.
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Quality of life in patients with erythema nodosum leprosum in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Yap FB, Kiung ST, Yap JB. Indian Dermatol Online J. 2016 Jul-Aug;7(4):255-8.
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