scholarly journals Leprosy Control Program in Thailand.

1996 ◽  
Vol 65 (2) ◽  
pp. 88-93
Author(s):  
Pradabporn Duangajna
Keyword(s):  
Control Program ◽  
Leprosy Control

scholarly journals DAPSONE RESISTANCE IN A Mycobacterium leprae ISOLATE WITH TWO POINT MUTATIONS IN folP GENE FROM A LEPROSY PATIENT

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 108
Author(s):  
Dinar Ardiaty ◽  
Ratna Wahyuni ◽  
Cita Prakoeswa ◽  
Rasyidin Abdullah ◽  
Indropo Agusni ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Drug Resistance ◽  
Point Mutations ◽  
Control Policy ◽  
Control Program ◽  
Skin Lesions ◽  
Double Mutation ◽  
South Sulawesi ◽  
Leprosy Case ◽  
Morphological Index ◽  
Leprosy Control

Drug resistance in leprosy is important for Leprosy Control Program, since the WHO-Multidrug regiment (MDT) has been used for global treatment of leprosy for more than two decades already. A Dapsone resistance case in a Multibacillary (MB) leprosy case is reported. The patient was diagnosed and treated in Tajuddin Chalid Hospital Makassar, South Sulawesi. Previously he was treated in a health center at South Sulawesi and was given a treatment for one year, before referred to the hospital. The leprosy skin lesions are still active with erythematous skin lesions and thickened ear lobe. Bacteriological examination was positive for Acid Fast Bacilli, the Bacterial Index was 3+ and the Morphological Index was 1%. The specimens of M.leprae isolation was sent to the Institute of Tropical Disease Surabaya for drug resistance study. Using the Lp1-2 and Lp3-4 nested primers, PCR test was positive for M.leprae.Sequencing result for folP gene showed a double mutation at codon 53 (ACC / Threonin ) which become (AGG / Arginine). Simultaneous mutation at two nucleotides at one codon has never been reported in Indonesia before and this phenomenon is important for leprosy control policy.

scholarly journals Social stigma in leprosy

2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 6-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
S Marahatta ◽  
A Ghimire ◽  
N Jha ◽  
S M Pokhrel ◽  
S Rayamajhi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Community Education ◽  
Social Stigma ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Control Program ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Family ◽  
Male Patients ◽  
Leprosy Control

Leprosy, an infectious disease, is a highly stigmatized disease. It directly affects patients’ physical, psychological, social and economical well-being. To know the stigma faced by the patients in the family and community. The study was carried out at Netherlands Leprosy Relief, Biratnagar, Nepal. Verbal consent was taken from each patient. A total number of 34 patients who were diagnosed to have leprosy were interviewed. Data were collected using structured interview schedule that included questions seeking information about all aspects of objective. Although both men and women faced the social stigma of the disease, women suffered more rejection by the family members (50%), neighborhood (75%) and work places (62.5%) in comparison to male patients, who are affected maximum at work places (39%) and minimum in family (7.69%). Illiterate were avoided by family members (25%) and co-workers (75%) whereas literate were not. All unemployed patients were neglected in community whereas only 21.42% of employed were neglected. Leprosy is a highly stigmatized disease. Patients are neglected by their family and society. Therefore community education component of Leprosy Control Program needs to be strengthened.

scholarly journals Nonlinear Dynamical Systems for Malaria Transmission and Control: Ross-Macdonald Model

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Chiwa Musa Dalah ◽  
◽  
Umar Yusuf Madaki ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Equilibrium State ◽  
Nonlinear Dynamical Systems ◽  
Control Program ◽  
Nonlinear Dynamical ◽  
Incubation Periods ◽  
The Stability ◽  
And Control ◽  
Disease Free ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
Leprosy Control

Malaria was declared an emergency in Nigeria and strategies for the control of Malaria in Nigeria were adopted to reduce its prevalence to a level at which the disease will no longer constitute public health problems. In this work, we presented a deterministic (Ross–Macdonald model susceptible, expose/ infected, infectious and recovered) model incorporating the method of control adopted by national Malaria and leprosy control program. We established the disease free and the endemic equilibrium states and carried out the stability analysis of the disease. Free and the equilibrium state. We also carried out numerical simulation of the model to have an insight into the dynamics of the model. We found out that the disease free equilibrium state is stable. The feedback dynamics from mosquito to human and back to mosquito involve considerable time due to the incubation periods of the parasites. In this paper, taking explicit account of the incubation periods of parasites within the human and the mosquito, we first propose a Ross–Macdonald model. The Jacobiant results showed that it would be very difficult to completely eradicate Malaria from Nigeria using the method adopted by national Malaria and leprosy control program.

Automated mineral analysis in TASK8

1990 ◽  
Vol 48 (2) ◽  
pp. 212-213
Author(s):  
William F. Chambers ◽  
Arthur A. Chodos ◽  
Roland C. Hagan
Keyword(s):  
National Laboratory ◽  
Control Program ◽  
Mineral Analysis ◽  
Alamos National Laboratory ◽  
Mineral Phase ◽  
Los Alamos National Laboratory ◽  
California Institute Of Technology ◽  
Mineral Phases ◽  
Letter Code ◽  
Institute Of Technology

TASK8 was designed as an electron microprobe control program with maximum flexibility and versatility, lending itself to a wide variety of applications. While using TASKS in the microprobe laboratory of the Los Alamos National Laboratory, we decided to incorporate the capability of using subroutines which perform specific end-member calculations for nearly any type of mineral phase that might be analyzed in the laboratory. This procedure minimizes the need for post-processing of the data to perform such calculations as element ratios or end-member or formula proportions. It also allows real time assessment of each data point.The use of unique “mineral codes” to specify the list of elements to be measured and the type of calculation to perform on the results was first used in the microprobe laboratory at the California Institute of Technology to optimize the analysis of mineral phases. This approach was used to create a series of subroutines in TASK8 which are called by a three letter code.

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