Robust contact tracing and screening needed for leprosy control and protection of vulnerable children

Leprosy in children is considered as an indicator of active disease transmission in the community. We report about a seven-year-old male from Telangana, India, with anesthetic skin lesions and familial leprosy history. Clinical examination revealed multiple, dry, scaly, hypopigmented, well-defined,...

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Main Authors: Khyathi Reddy Pilaka, Michael Sukumar Pallapati, Zakaraiah Jaladi, Kumar Ebineshan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2024-10-01
Series:Iranian Journal of Microbiology
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Online Access:https://ijm.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijm/article/view/4866
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