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For the Leprosy Journal Club offers GABRIEL members time and space to discuss recent research articles from scientific literature on leprosy. 

Despite a WHO resolution aiming to eliminate leprosy as a public health problem by the year 2000, the disease remains endemic in several countries. Among them are countries where GABRIEL network teams are present such as the Centre d'Infectiologie Charles Mérieux in Madagascar, the University of Asuncion in Paraguay, the Rodolphe Mérieux Laboratory in Brazil, and the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research in Bangladesh. To strengthen collaboration and knowledge sharing, a Leprosy Journal Club was recently launched. This initiative brings together researchers working on this topic, with the purpose to critically discuss a published paper from scientific literature in the field of leprosy. Each member takes turns presenting a paper during a remote meeting. The presentations are followed by interactive Q&A sessions, fostering discussion and highlighting shared research interests. 

Some of the articles discussed in recent sessions include: 

• Interruption of persistent exposure to leprosy combined or not with recent BCG vaccination enhances the response to Mycobacterium leprae-specific antigens
  PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
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• Encouraging on-time completion of leprosy patients’ treatment: implementing E-Leprosy Framework in primary health care in Indonesia
  Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health
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• Blood RNA signature RISK4LEP predicts leprosy years before clinical onset
  EBioMedicine (The Lancet Discovery Science)
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The Journal Club is open to all GABRIEL members interested in leprosy research. If you’d like to join upcoming sessions or suggest an article, feel free to contact Jean-Luc Berland. 

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