@article{101315,
  keywords = {Leprosy, Mycobacterium leprae, Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)},
  author = {Pilaka K and Pallapati M and  Jaladi Z and Ebineshan K},
  title = {Robust contact tracing and screening needed for leprosy control and protection of vulnerable children},
  abstract = {<p>Leprosy in children is considered as an indicator of active disease transmission in the community. We report about a seven-year-old male from Telangana, India, with anesthetic skin lesions and familial leprosy history. Clinical examination revealed multiple, dry, scaly, hypopigmented, well-defined, raised punched out anesthetic skin lesions all over the body with both ulnar nerves enlarged. On clinical and laboratory examination, the child was diagnosed with borderline-borderline (BB), multibacillary (MB) leprosy, and Type-1 reaction. The child received a weight-adjusted MB multidrug therapy regimen and corticosteroids for type-1 reactions. This case emphasizes the need for contact tracing and screening for early diagnosis of child leprosy to prevent complications like leprosy reactions which are the risk factors for disability.</p>
},
  year = {2024},
  journal = {The Iranian Journal of Microbiology },
  url = {https://ijm.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijm/article/view/4866/1719},
  language = {ENG},
}