 Leprosy
"Leprosy" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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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D007918
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C01.252.410.040.552.386
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| Concept/Terms |
Leprosy- Leprosy
- Leprosies
- Hansen Disease
- Disease, Hansen
- Hansen's Disease
- Disease, Hansen's
- Hansens Disease
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Leprosy" by people in UAMS Profiles by year, and whether "Leprosy" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Leprosy" by people in Profiles over the past ten years.
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Labuda SM, Williams SH, Mukasa LN, McGhee L. Hansen's Disease and Complications among Marshallese Persons Residing in Northwest Arkansas, 2003-2017. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2020 11; 103(5):1810-1812.
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Houweling TA, Karim-Kos HE, Kulik MC, Stolk WA, Haagsma JA, Lenk EJ, Richardus JH, de Vlas SJ. Socioeconomic Inequalities in Neglected Tropical Diseases: A Systematic Review. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2016 05; 10(5):e0004546.
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Cardenas VM, Orloff MS, Kaminaga J, Cardenas IC, Brown J, Hainline-Williams S, Duthie MS, Gonzalez-Puche AC, Mukasa L, Patil N, Mcelfish PA, Bates JH. Tuberculosis and leprosy infections in the Marshallese population of Arkansas, USA. Lepr Rev. 2016 Mar; 87(1):109-12.
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