"Leprosy" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
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.
| Descriptor ID |
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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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2021 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Leprosy" by people in Profiles.
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Leprosy of the great auricular nerve: case report and review of the literature. Clin Imaging. 2022 Feb; 82:63-66.
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The effect of BCG revaccination on all-cause mortality beyond infancy: 30-year follow-up of a population-based, double-blind, randomised placebo-controlled trial in Malawi. Lancet Infect Dis. 2021 11; 21(11):1590-1597.
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Ten failings in global neglected tropical diseases control. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2017 12; 11(12):e0005896.
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A tale of two neglected tropical infections: using GIS to assess the spatial and temporal overlap of schistosomiasis and leprosy in a region of Minas Gerais, Brazil. Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz. 2017 Apr; 112(4):275-280.
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Detection of the Leprosy Agent Mycobacterium lepromatosis in South America and Europe. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2017 Jan 11; 96(1):260.
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Leprosy Agents Mycobacterium lepromatosis and Mycobacterium leprae in Mexico: a Clarification. J Clin Microbiol. 2015 Oct; 53(10):3387-8.
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Acute and chronic pain associated with leprosy. Pain. 2015 Jun; 156(6):998-1002.
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Analysis of the leprosy agents Mycobacterium leprae and Mycobacterium lepromatosis in four countries. Am J Clin Pathol. 2014 Oct; 142(4):524-32.
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On the age of leprosy. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2014 Feb; 8(2):e2544.
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NTDs in the heart of darkness: the Democratic Republic of Congo's unknown burden of neglected tropical diseases. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2013; 7(7):e2118.