Intermediate leprosy presensystem, the infection may evolve to cure or to one of tations, including borderline tuberculoid, borderline-its clinical presentations: indeterminate, tuberculoid, ...

Background: India alone contributes nearly 54% of the global load of new cases of leprosy and 21% to global helminthic parasitic infection cases. Research studies have suggested that Soil-transmitted ...

Abstract: In this review, the most relevant and current epidemiological data, the main clinical, laboratory and therapeutical aspects of leprosy are presented. Detailed discussion of the main drugs ...

When two children were diagnosed with leprosy in 2021, health officials knew there’s active transmission going on involving the biblical-time skin disease that many have thought has already been ...

Ann Aerts, head of the Novartis Foundation, tells us about AI4Leprosy, a diagnostic assistant researchers developed that helps healthcare workers detect leprosy with over 90% accuracy using ...

Leprosy displays a spectrum of clinical manifestations, such as lepromatous and tuberculoid leprosy, and type I and II lepra reactions, which are thought to be a reflection of the host's ...

Primary phagocytic defects must be included in the differential diagnosis of recurrent infection and fever in a child and occasionally in an adult. Early diagnosis is essential, because manifestati ...

Clinical manifestations of leprosy are classified in five types: tuberculoid (TT), borderline TT (BT), borderline (BB), borderline lepromatous (BL) and lepromatous (LL).

Myth: Leprosy causes body parts to fall off. Fact: This is entirely untrue. However, if untreated, leprosy can cause nerve damage, which may lead to injuries due to loss of sensation. These ...

The first Iranian film to win an Academy Award, taking home the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film in 2012, A Separation marked Asghar Farhadi as a director who invites viewers to make a ...

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