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1 Hospital for Skin Diseases, Shandong First ... to the clinical manifestations of LL leprosy. In conclusion, bulk-RNA sequencing of MDMs and FMs revealed that CXCL13 expression was specifically ...

Leprosy, which has been described since biblical times, is caused by the obligate intracellular pathogen Mycobacterium leprae. In the February 22 Nature, Cole et al. report the sequencing of the ...

By then, he had already developed leprosy, a chronic infectious disease caused by a type of bacteria called Mycobacterium leprae. Once word spread about his illness, his suffering intensified. Society ...

Ms Smith died in hospital where she was being treated for a rare autoimmune disease, her family said. Her books inspired the hit TV show The Vampire Diaries (picture shows the cast of the show ...

Mangaluru, Mar 22: The department of dermatology, venereology & leprosy at Father Muller Medical College, in collaboration with the Karavali Dermatology Society, organised a distinguished event—the ...

It provides a forum for individuals to learn about the disease, its symptoms, treatment, and prevention, ultimately leading to its elimination. Experts suggest that if not treated, leprosy may ...

However, repetitive injury—for instance, from chronic viral infection or the increasingly common nonalcoholic fatty liver disease—can lead to severe ... Both nine-banded armadillos and M. leprae are ...

Tuberculosis is a highly contagious disease caused by the bacteria Mycobacterium tuberculosis ... as ‘Phthisis’ or ‘Consumption’. In Book I, Of the Epidemics, Hippocrates described ...

Diseases caused by mycobacteria, including tuberculosis (TB), leprosy, and Buruli ulcer, rank among the top causes of death and disability worldwide. One fourth of the world’s population is estimated ...