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Patients with leprosy face lasting stigma in Ethiopia
Tilahun Wale not only lost his right foot to leprosy -- a disease that still affects thousands in Ethiopia -- he also lost ...
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Wag31, a membrane tether, is crucial for lipid homeostasis in mycobacteria
Understanding bacterial growth mechanisms potentially uncover novel drug targets which are crucial for maintaining cellular viability, particularly for bacterial pathogens. In this important study, ...
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Microvesicles Derived from Human Bronchial Epithelial Cells Regulate Macrophage Activation During Mycobacterium abscessus Infection
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma 74078, United States Oklahoma Center for Respiratory and Infectious Diseases, Oklahoma State ...
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Genetic polymorphisms of toll-like receptors in leprosy patients from southern Brazil
Leprosy is an infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium leprae and M. lepromatosis (Han and Silva 2014). According to official reports, in 2019, there were 202,256 new leprosy cases registered from ...
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Evaluation of Polymorphisms in Toll-Like Receptor Genes as Biomarkers of the Response to Treatment of Erythema Nodosum Leprosum
All participants were informed about the research objectives and signed an informed consent form. This study was approved by the Ethics Committee of Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre under CAAE ...