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, Deodoran

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Influence Analysis of City Railway Large-diameter Shield Parallel Construction on Adjacent High-speed Railway Subgrade Deformation

[Objective] The large-diameter shield section on Shanghai City Railway Airport Link Line is parallel to the existing Shanghai-Hangzhou High-speed Railway.Due to strict deformation control requirements of high-speed railway subgrade, it is necessary to conduct in-depth research on the influence law of subgrade deformation caused by large-diameter sh

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Intraocular cilia associated with perforating injury

Purpose: To report a case series of penetrating injury complicated by occurrence of intraocular cilia.Methods: Retrospective analysis of charts of 11 eyes of 11 patients with penetrating injury and intraocular cilia, presenting between September 1978 and November 1998.Ten eyes underwent surgery for trauma-related problems such as cataract, vitritis

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