Hansen’s Disease

EDITOR Professor Patrícia D. Deps is a physician specializing in dermatology and Hansen’s disease. She is a member of the following medical societies: Brazilian Society of Dermatology; Brazilian Society of Hansenology; European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology; Sociétè Française de Dermatologie. Dr. Deps holds a Master’s degree in Infectious Diseases (UFES, 1998) and a Ph.D. in Dermatology (UNIFESP, 2003). She undertook post-doctoral training in Tropical Dermatology at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (2008) and in Medical Anthropology at the Université Versailles Saint-Quintin-en-Yvelines (2018/2019). She is active in the fields of Hansen’s disease, clinical and tropical dermatology, public health, medical history and ethics, paleopathology, anthropology, and medical education, and teaches medical and postgraduate students at UFES. Professor Deps has written and published peer-reviewed scientific articles, a bilingual book “The day I changed my name – Hansen’s disease and stigma” (Édition de Boccard, Paris, 2019) with the Associate Editors, she published in Portuguese the book “Hanseníase na Prática Clinica (Editora dos Editores, São Paulo, 2022), and literary works. She is Vice-President for the Americas in the International Leprosy Association (2023-2026), a member of the Scientific Review Committee of the Leprosy Research Initiative (2020-2024), a member of the World Health Organization, Technical Advisory Group-Leprosy (2022-2025), Global Leprosy Programme, and Technical Adviser, Coordination for Transmissible Diseases in Primary Health of the Minister of Health of Brazil.   ASSOCIATE EDITORS Professor Marcos Cesar Florian is a physician specializing in dermatology and Hansen’s disease. He has been a member of the Brazilian Society of Dermatology since 1995 and of the Brazilian Society of Hansenology since 2001. Dr. Marcos holds Master’s and PhD in Dermatology (Federal University of São Paulo). He is physician and Affiliate Professor of Department of Dermatology of Federal University of Sao Paulo and Professor of Medicine of University Nove de Julho. He is member of the Research Ethics Committee of the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences at University of São Paulo. Professor Marcos is active in the following areas: Hansen’s disease, skin diseases and immunodepression, clinical and tropical dermatology, diseases in indigenous populations, dermatology in primary care, and medical education. He has published several peer-reviewed scientific articles,the book “Dermatological Atlas - Indigenous People” (Springer, 2017), and The book “Hanseníase na Prática Clinica (Editora dos Editores, São Paulo, 2022). Professor Marcos da Cunha Lopes Virmond is a physician specializing in reconstructive plastic surgery and Hansen’s disease and teaches medical and postgraduate students at FOB-USP. He is a former President of the Brazilian Society of Hansenology and of the International Leprosy Association and a former director of the Instituto Lauro de Souza Lima (ILSL). Professor Virmond holds a PhD in Surgery (State University of Sao Paulo) and he is a member of the Brazilian Society of Plastic Surgery. He has experience in the field of Hansenology, working mainly in the areas of rehabilitation, public health, restorative surgery, epidemiology, and disabilities. He is a former editor of the journals Salusvita and Mimesis. Dr. Marcos also holds a PhD in music and teaches and researches musicology.

Chapter 1: Introduction to Hansen's disease.- Chapter 2: The journey to a scientific understanding of leprosy: a brief outline.- Chapter 3: The origin, evolution and history of leprosy through a paleopathological lens.- Chapter 4: Hansen's disease and Human Rights.- Chapter 5: Leprosy agents and principal methods of detection, identification and characterization of the leprosy agents.- Chapter 6: Epidemiology of Hansen's Disease.- Chapter 7: Hansen's Disease and One Health.- Chapter 8: Metabolic, genetic and immunological mechanisms in susceptibility to leprosy.- Chapter 9: Clinical aspects and classification of Hansen's disease.- Chapter 10: Reaction in Hansen's disease.- Chapter 11: Hansen's disease in children.- Chapter 12: Neuropathophysiology in Hansen's disease: mechanisms of nerve injury.- Chapter 13: Neurological manifestations.- Chapter 14: Evaluation, monitoring, and prevention of disabilities in Hansen's disease.- Chapter 15: Ophthalmological alterations in Hansen's disease.- Chapter 16: Ear, nose, throat and mouth alterations in Hansen's disease.- Chapter 17: Osteoarticular alterations in Hansen's disease.- Chapter 18: Diagnostic Imaging in Hansen's Disease: Conventional Radiography, Computed Tomography, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, and Dual-energy X-ray Absorptiometry.- Chapter 19: Coinfection and immunosuppression in Hansen's disease.- Chapter 20: Differential diagnosis of cutaneous lesions of Hansen's disease.- Chapter 21: Differential diagnoses of the neurological manifestations of Hansen's disease.- Chapter 22: Immune and Chemoprophylaxis in Hansen's disease.- Chapter 23: Psychosocial aspects of Hansen's diseases.- Chapter 24: Peripheral Nerve by Ultrasound in Hansen's Disease.- Chapter 25: Electroneuromyography in Hansen's Disease.- Chapter 26: Treatment of Hansen's disease.