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Leprosy acquired by inoculation from a knee injury
J. W. Brandsma
  J. W. Brandsma
Affiliation
Consultant Rehabilitation, International Nepal Fellowship, Green Pastures Hospital and Rehabilitation Centre, PO Box 5, Pokhara, Nepal
Correspondence to: J. W. Brandsma (e-mail: wbrandsma@inf.org)
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L. Yoder
  L. Yoder
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Formerly Chief of Medicine, Gillis W. Long Hansen’s Disease Center, US Public Health Service, Carville, Louisiana, USA
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M. Macdonald
  M. Macdonald
Affiliation
Head of Laboratories, Anandaban Leprosy Hospital, Nepal
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This case study reports on the development of clinical leprosy in a young Caucasian female from a non-endemic country who contracted the disease while living in a leprosy endemic country. In the presentation and discussion, some relevant factors will be reviewed and discussed that may play a role in the transmission, susceptibility and clinical development of the disease.

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J. W. Brandsma, L. Yoder, M. Macdonald;
Leprosy acquired by inoculation from a knee injury; Leprosy Review; 2005; 76; 2; 175-179; DOI: 10.47276/lr.76.2.175
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DOI: 10.47276/lr.76.2.175

articleview.journal_title: Leprosy Review
articleview.publisher: Lepra
articleview.publisher_location: Colchester, UK
articleview.article_date_pre accepted on 25 January 2005 and articleview.pub_on 01 June 2005
© Lepra 2005
LEPROSY
Leprosy Review
0305-7518
British Leprosy Relief Association
Colchester, UK
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0305-7518/05/064053+05
10.47276/lr.76.2.175
Case Report
Leprosy acquired by inoculation from a knee injury
BrandsmaJ. W.
a
YoderL.
b
MacdonaldM.
c
a
Consultant Rehabilitation, International Nepal Fellowship, Green Pastures Hospital and Rehabilitation Centre, PO Box 5, Pokhara, Nepal
b
Formerly Chief of Medicine, Gillis W. Long Hansen’s Disease Center, US Public Health Service, Carville, Louisiana, USA
c
Head of Laboratories, Anandaban Leprosy Hospital, Nepal
Correspondence to: J. W. Brandsma (e-mail: )
01062005
76
2
175
179
25012005
© Lepra
2005
This case study reports on the development of clinical leprosy in a young Caucasian female from a non-endemic country who contracted the disease while living in a leprosy endemic country. In the presentation and discussion, some relevant factors will be reviewed and discussed that may play a role in the transmission, susceptibility and clinical development of the disease.