Leprosy (Hansen disease)

A chronic granulomatous infection caused by MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE. The granulomatous lesions are manifested in the skin, the mucous membranes, and the peripheral nerves. Two polar or principal types are lepromatous and tuberculoid.

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Pathogenesis and clinical features of psoriasis.

Griffiths CE, Barker JN. Lancet (London, England). 2007; 370 (9583) : 263-271.

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Radiotracer study on residues and residue distribution of zineb in plant-soil system.

Zhang L Z, Wang G S, Mo H H, et al. Biomedical and environmental sciences : BES. 1991; 4 (3) : 268-72.

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Detection of Mycobacterium leprae infection in wild nine-banded armadillos (Dasypus novemcinctus) using the rapid ML Flow test.

Deps PD, Antunes JMAP, Tomimori-Yamashita J. Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical. 2007; 40 (1) : 86-7.

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Leprosy lessons from old bones.

Sharp D. Lancet (London, England). 2007; 369 (9564) : 808-809.

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Evidence guiding the treatment of children with mycobacterial diseases.

Nicol MP, Wilkinson R. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. 2007; 44 (8) : 1065-6.

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Genome-wide scan for loci influencing quantitative immune response traits in the Belém family study: comparison of methods and summary of results.

Wheeler E, Miller E N, Peacock C S, et al. Annals of human genetics. 2006; 70 (Pt 1) : 78-97.

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Genetic susceptibility to mycobacterial disease in humans.

Fernando SL, Britton W. Immunology and cell biology. 2006; 84 (2) : 125-37.

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Services for leprosy related 'distress': another perspective.

Kawuma J. Leprosy review. 2005; 76 (3) : 263-4.

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Lazarine leprosy--revisited?

Nanda S, Bansal S, Grover C, et al. Indian journal of leprosy. 2004; 76 (4) : 351-4.

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Leprosy.

Lockwood DN. Clinical evidence. 2004;

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