REVISED ESTIMATES OF LEPROSY DISABILITY WEIGHTS FOR ASSESSING THE GLOBAL BURDEN OF DISEASE: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND INDIVIDUAL PATIENT DATA META-ANALYSIS.

Revised estimates of leprosy disability weights for assessing the global burden of disease: A systematic review and individual patient data meta-analysis.

BackgroundLeprosy is a chronic bacterial infection caused by Mycobacterium leprae, which may lead to physical disability, stigma, and discrimination.The chronicity of the disease and disabilities are the prime contributors to the disease burden of leprosy.The current figures of the disease burden in the 2017 global burden of disease study, CHLOROPH

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Wound Myiasis in a Patient with Squamous Cell Carcinoma

A 60-year-old, Line Friends otherwise healthy, male farmer presented to our Dermatology Department with a large ulcer on his lower right leg.The lesion had started as a small papule 6 months before, which became eroded and transformed into a rather rapidly progressive ulcer.On careful inspection, numerous larvae were found moving within the wound.T

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