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Functional dependence and nutritional status among leprosy survivors in Sungai Buloh, Malaysia / Mohamad Rodi Isa, Siti Munira Yasin and Mohammad Idris Zamhuri by Isa, Mohamad Rodi, Yasin, Siti Munira, Zamhuri, Mohammad Idris

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Govt tracing leprosy cases by Muthiah, Wani

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Leprosy mimicking a diabetic dermopathy a case report by Shalihin, Mohd Shaiful Ehsan, Jamani, Nurjasmine Aida, Norawi, Adienuar Ahmad

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Kusta atau leprosi: penyakit purba yang muncul kembali by Jamani, Nurjasmine Aida

“…Penyakit leprosi atau kusta adalah penyakit yang disebabkan oleh sejenis bakteria iaitu Mycobacterium leprae. …”
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Valley of hope : the Sungai Buloh National Leprosy Control Centre by Phang, Siew Sia, Wong, Chau Yin

“…Leprosy - the mere mention of the word itself was enough to send a shiver down the spine during those days. …”
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Dual Triumphalist Heritage Narrative And The Sungai Buloh Leprosy Settlement by Por, Heong Hong

“…Built at a jungle fringe in Selangor in 1930, SBLS was constructed as a place for the treatment, and forced isolation from wider society, of people suffering from leprosy. Although leprosy knows no racial boundaries as people of any background can be afflicted with the disease, nearly eighty per cent of the patients admitted to SBLS have been ethnic Chinese. …”
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Constructing Colonial Benevolence: Portraits Of Persons With Leprosy In British Malaya by Por, Heong Hong

“…Images of leprosy produced in British Malaya offer a way to explore connections between medical photography and colonial ideology. …”
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Epidemics, leprosy, and hope in Graham Greene’s A Burnt-Out Case by Chang, Hawk

“…In his epidemic narrative A Burnt-Out Case (1977), Querry, a world-famous European architect, loses his faith in work and the Catholic religion and escapes to the leprosy-infected Congo. Querry’s ennui makes him a de facto spiritual leper. …”
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Epidemiological Trend of Leprosy in the Post-Elimination Era at a Referral Centre in Northern Nigeria by Abu Bakar, Usman

“…Nigeria achieved the leprosy elimination target in the year 2000. Data demonstrating the trend of leprosy in Nigeria during the post-elimination era is limited. …”
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Application of new serological (Major Membrane Protein II) enzyme linked immunosorbent assay for leprosy patients in Myanmar by Khin, Nwe Oo, Mi Htwe, Mi, Khine Zar, Win, Khin Thet, Wai, Kyaw, Myint, Kyaw, Kyaw

“…As serodiagnosis is the easiest way of diagnosing a disease, the utility of (Major Membrane Protein II) MMP-II antigen in the serodiagnosis of leprosy was examined and compared with NTP-BSA ELISA test. …”
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A medical history of Pulau Pinang, 1900-1957, with special attention to Malaria, Tuberculosis and Leprosy / Lee J. Peter by Lee, J. Peter

“…This research will focus mainly on three infectious diseases, namely malaria, tuberculosis and leprosy during the British Colonial Administration period. …”
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“Kusta”: Is it a curse? by Shalihin, Mohd Shaiful Ehsan

“…Does it still exist in Malaysia and other countries worldwide? Leprosy is one of the oldest diseases known to humankind. …”
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Cancer: The Health Challenge of the New Millennium. by Md. Tahir Azhar

“…Written history is dotted with human struggles against dreaded diseases such as plague, syphilis, sleeping sickness, small pox, malaria, tuberculosis, leprosy, diptheria, polio and such infections which are now either eliminated or very much under control. …”
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Kusta – Penyakit menyamar ! – Dr Shaiful Ehsan by Shalihin, Mohd Shaiful Ehsan

“…Penyakit Kusta, jarang diperkatakan, namun masih terjadi tanpa kita sedari sehingga ke hari ini. Kusta atau leprosy adalah antara penyakit tertua pernah dihidapi dalam sejarah manusia. …”
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Potential application of zerumbone in the prevention and therapy of chronic human diseases by Singh, Y., Girisa, S., Banik, K., Ghosh, S., Swathi, P., Deka, M., Padmavathi, G., Kotoky, J., Sethi, G., Fan, L., Mao, X., Halim, C., Arfuso, Frank, Kunnumakkara, A.

“…Smith, a Zingiberaceae plant with significant medicinal values that has been used traditionally for treating stomach ache, ulcers, diabetes, leprosy, asthma, and skin diseases. Zerumbone has been found to be the most important active compound of Z. zerumbet, contributing to its anti-inflammatory, anti-microbial, anti-hypersensitivity, chemopreventive and chemotherapeutic activities. …”
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The Application of Biomedical Engineering Techniques to the Diagnosis and Management of Tropical Diseases: A Review by Ibrahim, Fatimah, Thio, Tzer Hwai Gilbert, Faisal, Tarig, Neuman, Michael

“…This paper reviews a number of biomedical engineering approaches to help aid in the detection and treatment of tropical diseases such as dengue, malaria, cholera, schistosomiasis, lymphatic filariasis, ebola, leprosy, leishmaniasis, and American trypanosomiasis (Chagas). …”
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Ethnomedicinal uses, phytochemistry, pharmacological properties and toxicology of Curcuma caesia Roxb.: a review by Zainol, Haida, Jaafar, Juju Nakasha, Sinniah, Uma Rani, Hakiman, Mansor

“…The rhizome which is the most important part of this species is widely used as a folk medicine for the treatment of asthma, fever, cancer, wounds, allergies, toothache, leprosy, bronchitis, epilepsy, hemorrhoids, leukoderma and rheumatoid arthritis. …”
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Analysis of discrimination towards the mental health of women COVID-19 survivors by Shamsiah Abd Kadir, Faridah Dahalan

“…Infectious disease patients such as those with HIV, AIDS, TB and Leprosy have always been shunned by society. They often face discrimination such as people refusing casual contact and social isolation from the community due to the stigma people hold. …”
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Ethnobotanical, phytochemical, and pharmacological properties of nepenthes species: a review by Sanusi, Shuaibu Babaji, Abu Bakar, Mohd Fadzelly, Mohamed, Maryati, Sabran, Siti Fatimah, Mainasara, Muhammad Murtala

“…They are used in the treatment of leprosy, cholera, night blindness, gastrointestinal discomfort, dysentery, stomachache, and bed-wetting among others. …”
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Identification of trends, direction of distribution and spatial pattern of tuberculosis disease (2015-2017) in Penang by Nur Afiqah Ariffin, Wan Mohd Muhiyuddin Wan Ibrahim, Ruslan Rainis, Narimah Samat, Mohammad Izzamil Mohd Nasir, Siti Masayu Rosliah Abdul Rashid, Azizul Ahmad, Yaniza Shaira Zakaria

“…This research aims to analyze the trend, distribution direction, and spatial patterns of TB in Penang from 2015 to 2017, utilizing data from 4,015 TB cases obtained from the TB/Leprosy Unit of the Penang State Department. The study employs three analytical techniques: descriptive analysis, global Moran's I, and central feature with standard deviation ellipse, which measures the trend by calculating standard distances in the X and Y directions to identify the focus and movement of tuberculosis cases. …”
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