A synopsis of the history of Hansen’s disease
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DOI: 10.1007/s10354-017-0590-2
Abstract: SummaryLeprosy is a contagious infectious disease caused by the bacillus Mycobacterium leprae. This microorganism was discovered by Dr. Gerhard Hansen, and the illness was then baptized as Hansen’s disease. For a long time, Hansen’s disease… read more here.
Keywords: history hansen; synopsis history; hansen disease; disease ... See more keywords
Rheumatoid arthritis-like features in Hansen disease
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DOI: 10.1097/md.0000000000011590
Abstract: Rationale: Hansen disease is an infectious chronic disease with various clinical manifestations. Its joint performance may easily mimic rheumatoid arthritis. Patient concerns: We report a case of a 57-year-old woman diagnosed with Hansen disease 10… read more here.
Keywords: arthritis like; hansen disease; disease; like features ... See more keywords
Life and death of a leprosy sufferer from the 8th-century-CE cemetery of Kiskundorozsma–Kettőshatár I (Duna-Tisza Interfluve, Hungary)—Biological and social consequences of having Hansen’s disease in a late Avar Age population from Hungary
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0264286
Abstract: The aim of our paper is to demonstrate a middle-aged male (KK61) from the 8th-century-CE cemetery of Kiskundorozsma–Kettőshatár I (Duna-Tisza Interfluve, Hungary), who appears to represent the lepromatous form of Hansen’s disease. Leprosy has affected… read more here.
Keywords: kiskundorozsma kett; duna tisza; hansen disease; disease ... See more keywords
Silent peripheral neuropathy determined by high-resolution ultrasound among contacts of patients with Hansen's disease
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DOI: 10.3389/fmed.2022.1059448
Abstract: Introduction Hansen's disease (HD) primarily infects peripheral nerves, with patients without HD being free of peripheral nerve damage. Household contacts (HHCs) of patients with HD are at a 5–10 times higher risk of HD than… read more here.
Keywords: peripheral nerve; high resolution; nerve; hansen disease ... See more keywords
Serological Immunoassay for Hansen’s Disease Diagnosis and Monitoring Treatment: Anti-Mce1A Antibody Response Among Hansen’s Disease Patients and Their Household Contacts in Northeastern Brazil
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DOI: 10.3389/fmed.2022.855787
Abstract: Hansen’s disease (HD) is an ancient disease, but more than 200,000 new cases were reported worldwide in 2019. Currently, there are not many satisfactory immunoassay methods for its diagnosis. We evaluated antibodies against Mce1A as… read more here.
Keywords: northeastern brazil; disease; diagnosis; hansen disease ... See more keywords
Point-of-care ultrasound of peripheral nerves in the diagnosis of Hansen's disease neuropathy
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DOI: 10.3389/fmed.2022.985252
Abstract: Introduction Hansen's disease (HD) is the most common cause of treatable peripheral neuropathy in the world that may or may not involve skin manifestations, and physical examination based on simplified neurologic evaluation is a subjective… read more here.
Keywords: peripheral nerves; disease; disease neuropathy; mm2 ... See more keywords
Genomic Reduction at TTC Repeats in the Bacterial Genome of Treated Cases of Hansen's Disease: A Possible Survival Mechanism of Mycobacterium leprae
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DOI: 10.4103/ijd.ijd_90_18
Abstract: Introduction: Mycobacterium leprae has a small genome and a tendency of persisting as a very low-grade infection. The authors have shown earlier, that the changes in TTC repeats, in M. leprae genome may contribute to… read more here.
Keywords: treated cases; hansen disease; cases hansen; disease ... See more keywords
Dive deep into trophic ulcer; Glomerulonephritis is still a complication in hansen's disease
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DOI: 10.4103/ijmy.ijmy_41_21
Abstract: Hansen's disease is one of the ancient skin diseases known to humankind, still foxes even trained physician leading to delay in its diagnosis and unusual health burden. India followed by Brazil constitutes the highest number… read more here.
Keywords: hansen disease; deep trophic; complication; dive deep ... See more keywords
Unmasking Hansen’s disease through an ophthalmologist’s eye
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DOI: 10.4103/ijo.ijo_2157_21
Abstract: Within the eye, it usually affects the anterior segment, which has a relatively lower temperature and rarely involves the posterior pole. Ocular damage in leprosy occurs in four ways: (1) direct bacterial invasion, (2) facial… read more here.
Keywords: unmasking hansen; disease ophthalmologist; hansen disease; eye ... See more keywords
[A case series of pure neural leprosy in patients diagnosed in a specialized center for the control of Hansen's disease in Colombia].
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DOI: 10.7705/biomedica.v38i0.3690
Abstract: Pure neural leprosy, defined as a peripheral neuropathy in which the patient has no skin lesions, is difficult to diagnose. Its verification by bacteriological index and histopathology is not possible in the majority of the… read more here.
Keywords: neural leprosy; specialized center; pure neural; hansen disease ... See more keywords