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Level of tuberculosis-related stigma and associated factors in Ugandan communities.
PLoS One
January 2025
Social & Scientific Systems, Inc., a DLH Holdings Company / United States Agency for International Development Strategic Information Technical Support Activity, Kampala, Uganda.
Tuberculosis (TB) stigma remains a significant barrier to TB control efforts globally, especially in countries with a high TB burden. Studies about TB stigma done in Uganda so far have been limited in scope and focused on data collected health facilities. In this study we report TB related stigma at community level for the period 2021/2022.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFChallenges of the public health response to a rare case of non-autochthonous , Ireland, 2024.
Euro Surveill
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Irish Centre for Maternal and Child Health Research, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland.
This case report details the public health response to a multibacillary leprosy case in Ireland. The case presented with hypopigmented skin lesions and neurological symptoms. Challenges included delayed recognition in the clinical setting, contact tracing within a congregate setting and lack of specific Irish guidelines.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFProduction of exosomal nanoparticles containing antigenic peptides LACK, KMP11, TSA and LmSTI1 of L. major and evaluation of their immunoprophylactic effect against L. major infection in a murine infection model.
Microb Pathog
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Department of Medical Parasitology and Mycology, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; Center for Research of Endemic Parasites of Iran (CREPI), Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Electronic address:
Unified Mobile App for Streamlining Verbal Autopsy and Cause of Death Assignment in India: Design and Development Study.
JMIR Form Res
January 2025
ICMR-National Institute for Research in Digital Health and Data Science, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi, 110029, India, 91 7840870009.
Background: Verbal autopsy (VA) has been a crucial tool in ascertaining population-level cause of death (COD) estimates, specifically in countries where medical certification of COD is relatively limited. The World Health Organization has released an updated instrument (Verbal Autopsy Instrument 2022) that supports electronic data collection methods along with analytical software for assigning COD. This questionnaire encompasses the primary signs and symptoms associated with prevalent diseases across all age groups.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFUnveiling hidden leprosy in underserved populations of the Amazonas state through active case-finding-the Amazon Skin Health Program (2023).
Int J Dermatol
January 2025
Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Aplicadas à Dermatologia, Universidade do Estado do Amazonas, Manaus, AM, Brazil.
Background: Active case-finding is an effective strategy for combating leprosy, especially in early multibacillary cases in endemic regions. This early approach includes systematic actions such as epidemiological investigations, community surveys, and awareness campaigns to identify leprosy cases. This study reports new leprosy cases diagnosed through an active case-finding initiative conducted in 12 underserved populations from Amazonas in 2023.
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