Open AccessInoculation indeterminate leprosy localised to a smallpox vaccination scar
Author(s) -
Ashok Ghorpade
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
leprosy review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.437
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 2162-8807
pISSN - 0305-7518
DOI - 10.47276/lr.78.4.398
Subject(s) - medicine , leprosy , smallpox , indeterminate , vaccination , histopathology , lesion , smallpox vaccine , smallpox vaccination , mycobacterium leprae , virology , dermatology , pathology , vaccinia , biochemistry , chemistry , mathematics , gene , pure mathematics , recombinant dna
A single, indeterminate leprosy lesion localised exclusively to a smallpox vaccination scar in a 32-year old Indian male is reported. The diagnosis was confirmed by histopathology. This is the second published report of a leprosy lesion occurring at the site of a smallpox vaccination.
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