Global Village, International Travel, and Risk of Communicable Disease

[...]all patients in this analysis had one or a number of skin lesions, the spectrum of which included erythematous plaques, skin nodules, and hypopigmented macules and patches; all but one patient had neurologic disease. [...]the patients in this series exhibited either multibacillary lepromatous d...

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Published in:Mayo Clinic proceedings 2019-03, Vol.94 (3), p.383-384
Main Authors: Sampathkumar, Priya, Nath, Karl A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Analysis
Communicable diseases
Diagnosis
Editors
Globalization
Health aspects
Hypertension
Infectious diseases
International travel
Leprosy
Nephrology
Neurological diseases
Nodules
Patients
Plaques
Prevalence studies (Epidemiology)
Public health
Risk factors
Skin diseases
Travel
Travelers
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Summary:[...]all patients in this analysis had one or a number of skin lesions, the spectrum of which included erythematous plaques, skin nodules, and hypopigmented macules and patches; all but one patient had neurologic disease. [...]the patients in this series exhibited either multibacillary lepromatous disease or tuberculoid paucibacillary disease, the former being more commonly observed; these 2 types represent the brackets for the spectrum of subtypes of leprosy. Priya Sampathkumar, MD Division of Infectious Diseases Karl A. Nath, MBChB Division of Nephrology and Hypertension Mayo Clinic Rochester, MN Potential Competing Interests: The authors report no competing interests.
ISSN:0025-6196
1942-5546
DOI:10.1016/j.mayocp.2019.01.028