Title |
Leprosy in Children
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Published in |
Current Infectious Disease Reports, April 2017
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DOI | 10.1007/s11908-017-0577-6 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Josafá Gonçalves Barreto, Marco Andrey Cipriani Frade, Fred Bernardes Filho, Moises Batista da Silva, John Stewart Spencer, Claudio Guedes Salgado |
Abstract |
This manuscript aims to review the cutting-edge developments regarding to the diagnosis, management, and prevention of leprosy in children. Leprosy transmission still occurs continuously in some endemic areas in the world. Leprosy in children below 15 years old is a robust indicator of active source of infection in the community where they live. A special focus on children to reduce disabilities and reduce transmission is one of the core areas of interventions of the global leprosy strategy 2016-2020. Ongoing research is trying to develop better diagnostic tests and to advance chemoprophylaxis and immunoprophylaxis approaches. Early diagnosis in children can be hard because of the wide range of clinical aspects of the skin lesions and mainly due to the difficulty of performing the clinical peripheral nerve evaluation. We must maintain leprosy expertise and improve the health professionals training for leprosy diagnosis, since we still have a long journey to reach leprosy elimination. |
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Country | Count | As % |
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Unknown | 130 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
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Student > Bachelor | 18 | 14% |
Researcher | 16 | 12% |
Student > Master | 12 | 9% |
Student > Doctoral Student | 8 | 6% |
Other | 6 | 5% |
Other | 21 | 16% |
Unknown | 49 | 38% |
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Medicine and Dentistry | 26 | 20% |
Nursing and Health Professions | 16 | 12% |
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 6 | 5% |
Immunology and Microbiology | 5 | 4% |
Chemistry | 4 | 3% |
Other | 17 | 13% |
Unknown | 56 | 43% |