A 5-year evaluation of chemoprophylactic treatment in elementary school children with subclinical leprosy.

Subclinical leprosy is an infectious disease in which the immune system remains infected with (). The progress of subclinical leprosy to clinical cases within 1 year of infection is 1.5%, with an increase to 6% in the following 4 years.

Leprosy transmission in endemic and non-endemic areas based on the profile of antibody response of PGL-1 and PCR detection of DNA from nasal swab among healthy children of East Java, Indonesia.

Background: East Java has become one of the provinces that have higher prevalence of leprosy, especially in the coastal region. Environment has also influenced for leprosy transmission and early detection could reduce the incidence rate of new leprosy cases. Epidemiological studies of leprosy in children can give an illustration of the important aspects of the environment.

SP.S-11 PHAGOCYTOTIC ACTIVITY ON IN DIFFERENT NUTRIENT CONDITIONS.

Background: () is a pathogenic bacterium that causes leprosy. The presence of in the environment is supported by microorganisms that act as the new host for . 's potential to be a host of in the environment.

Expression profile of Rab5, Rab7, tryptophan aspartate-containing coat protein, leprae lipoarabinomannan, and phenolic glycolipid-1 on the failure of the phagolysosome process in macrophages of leprosy patients as a viability marker of Mycobacterium leprae.

Objective/background: Phagolysosome process in macrophage of leprosy patients' is important in the early phase of eliminating Mycobacterium leprae invasion. This study was to clarify the involvement of Rab5, Rab7, and trytophan aspartate-containing coat protein (TACO) from host macrophage and leprae lipoarabinomannan (Lep-LAM) and phenolic glycolipid-1 (PGL-1) from M. leprae cell wall as the reflection of phagolysosome process in relation to 16 subunit ribosomal RNA (16S rRNA) M.