Leprosy: Epidemiology, Treatment Strategies and Current Challenges in Research

Roger S Kopp

Leprosy is a chronic granulomatous infectious disease that affects the skin and peripheral nerves; its causative agent is the obligate intracellular bacillus Mycobacterium leprae. The etiological diagnosis of the disease in its paucibacillary (PB) form still needs to be improved, because the bacillus is not yet cultivable. This book discusses the current challenges in the research of leprosy, as well as the epidemiology and treatment strategies available.

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PrefaceLeprosy: From Clinical Diagnosis to Benchwork(M. J. F. Brochado, N. A. de Paula, A. M. Roselino, Post Doctorate student, School of Medicine of Ribeirao Preto, University of São Paulo, Ribeirao Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil, and others)In vivo and in vitro Evidence on the Relationship between Antiphospholipid Antibodies and Leprosy(Ricardo Forastiero, Marta Martinuzzo, Department of Physiology, Thrombosis and Hemostasis, Favaloro University, and others)Leprosy and Pregnancy: A Epidemiological and Social Study in the Pará State, North of Brazil(Vera Regina da Cunha Menezes Palácios, Cléa Nazaré Carneiro Bichara, Régis Bruni Andriolo, Mauro José Pantoja Fonteles, Brenda Nazaré Gomes Andriolo, Nélson Veiga Gonçalves, Marinete Marins Póvoa, Doctor in Biology of Infectious and Parasitic Agents at the Federal University of Pará (UFPA). Physician in Dermatologist. Coordinator in the Program of Medical Internship in Family Medicine of the State University of Pará (UEPA). Chief of the Communitarian Health Department (UEPA), Brazil)For Complete Table of Contents, please visit our website athttps://www.novapublishers.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=50887