Genotyping of Mycobacterium leprae for understanding the distribution and transmission of leprosy in endemic provinces of China

Autor: Santosh Chokkakula, Tiejun Shui, Haiqin Jiang, Jun Yang, Xiong Li, Jun He, Limei Shen, Jie Liu, De Wang, Naveen Chandra Suryadevara, Balaji Pathakumari, Le Wang, Yanqing Chen, Ying Shi, Wenyue Zhang, Hao Wang, Huan Chen, Yanfei Kuang, Bin Li, Meiwen Yua, Liangbin Yan, Varalakshmi Vissa, Lemuel Shui Lun Tsang, Jinlan Li, Hongsheng Wang

Publikováno v: International Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol 98, Iss , Pp 6-13 (2020)

Objectives: Understanding the nature of Mycobacterium leprae transmission is vital to implement better control strategies for leprosy elimination. The present study expands the knowledge of county-level strain diversity, distribution, and transmissio

Externí odkaz: https://doaj.org/article/acb2a1d15193487cb9faf8619c74eda4

Molecular surveillance of antimicrobial resistance and transmission pattern of Mycobacterium leprae in Chinese leprosy patients

Autor: Santosh Chokkakula, Zhiming Chen, Le Wang, Haiqin Jiang, Yanqing Chen, Ying Shi, Wenyue Zhang, Wei Gao, Jun Yang, Jinlan Li, Xiong Li, Tiejun Shui, Jun He, Limei Shen, Jie Liu, De Wang, Hao Wang, Huan Chen, Yanfei Kuang, Bin Li, Ziyi Chen, Aiping Wu, Meiwen Yu, Liangbin Yan, Naveen Chandra Suryadevara, Varalakshmi Vissa, Weida Liu, Hongsheng Wang

Publikováno v: Emerging Microbes and Infections, Vol 8, Iss 1, Pp 1479-1489 (2019)

ABSTRACTReports on antimicrobial resistance (AMR) of Mycobacterium leprae, relationship with bacteriological index (BI), and transmission in China are limited. We investigated the emergence of AMR mutations, the relationship between BI and AMR in com

Externí odkaz: https://doaj.org/article/526ddb72673d45e6af84ec98b859e6d5

Effectiveness of Single-Dose Rifapentine in Household Contacts of Leprosy Patients Under Low Endemic Situations in China: A Cluster-Randomised Controlled Trial

Autor: Le Wang, Hong-Sheng Wang, Liangbin Yan, Meiwen Yu, Jun Yang, Jinlan Li, Junhua Li, Yong Ning, Haiqin Jiang, Ying Shi, Wenyue Zhang, Li Xiong, Jie Liu, Yanfei Kuang, Hao Wang, Jun He, De Wang, Bin Li, Yangying Liu, Tiejun Shui, Ying Wang, Huan Chen, Xiaowei Sha, Heng Long, Xiaojin Yu, Chong Shen, Jianping Shen, Xueyuan Yang, Heng Gu, Guocheng Zhang, Baoxi Wang

Publikováno v: SSRN Electronic Journal.

Externí odkaz: https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_________::f0f09b85afcc3a882a2abc31a777df00
https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4074662

Intact Mycobacterium leprae Isolated from Placenta of a Pregnant Woman, China

Autor: Wenyue Zhang, Yanfei Kuang, Ying Shi, Zhiming Chen, Junhua Li, Huan Chen, Santosh Chokkakula, Hongsheng Wang, Haiqin Jiang

Publikováno v: Emerging Infectious Diseases
Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 26, Iss 8, Pp 1961-1961 (2020)
Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 25, Iss 8, Pp 1604-1607 (2019)

Whether Mycobacterium leprae transmits from placenta to fetus remains unknown. We describe the case of a pregnant woman with untreated histoid leproma. Although her newborn was healthy, laboratory examination revealed intact M. leprae present in the

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http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC7392425