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The national goal of leprosy programme in Korea is the preventing transmission of leprosy and disability by the early case-finding and treatment, the returning well-being life by the rehabilitation and...
Recently, PCR-based typing would be of great value for Epidemiological investigation; to identify infectious source of leprosy, understand transmission pattern, and distinguish between relapse & re-infection. Variable TTC DNA repeats...
Erythema nodosum leprsum(ENL) is a painful, erythematous subcutaneous and dermal nodules which occurs mainly in lepromatous leprosy. Usually, it starts about 1 year after onset of treatment and lasts from...
Apoptosis is an unique physiologic process of programmed cell death, playing an important role in the development and homeostasis of both normal and pathologic tissues. In mycobacterial infections, apoptosis of...
Paralytic lagophthalmos and ectropion in the treatment of leprosy patients are serious complications of facial paralysis, which may lead to exposure keratitis and corneal ulceration, which can further lead to...
Receptor-interacting serine/threonine kinase 2(RIPK2) is an adaptor molecule involved in the signal pathway of TLRs. However, there is no report on association between RIPK2 expression and infectious disease including...