Joydeepa Darlong

@leprosymission.in

Head of Knowledge Management
The Leprosy Mission Trust India

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Leprosy , Infectious diseases, mental health , disability

722

Scholar Citations

15

Scholar h-index

20

Scholar i10-index

RECENT SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Prevalence of plantar ulcer and its risk factors in leprosy: a systematic review and meta-analysis
    K Govindasamy, J Darlong, SI Watson, P Gill
    Journal of Foot and Ankle Research 16 (1), 77 2023

  • Economic evaluation of self-help group interventions for health in LMICs: a scoping review
    J Ochalek, NK Gibbs, R Faria, J Darlong, K Govindasamy, M Harden, ...
    Health Policy and Planning 38 (9), 1033-1049 2023

  • An evaluation protocol of ‘Replicability Model’project for detection and treatment of leprosy and related disability in Chhattisgarh, India
    J Darlong, K Govindasamy, O Ilozumba, S Choudhury, A Shrivastva, ...
    Plos one 18 (10), e0275763 2023

  • Access to thalidomide
    CR Butlin, J Darlong, M Mukhier
    Leprosy Review 94 (3), 186-192 2023

  • Investigating the sustainability of self-help programmes in the context of leprosy and the work of leprosy missions in Nigeria, Nepal and India: a qualitative study protocol
    S Choudhury, O Ilozumba, J Darlong, K Govindasamy, PA Tsaku, S Udo, ...
    BMJ open 13 (5), e070604 2023

  • Leprosy workers in the 21st century need to focus on “Better knowledge, Early diagnosis and Improved care”, the theme of the International Leprosy Congress in Hyderabad, 2022
    DNJ Lockwood, J Darlong
    Leprosy Review 94 (1), 2-6 2023

  • Current Practice and Challenges with the Use of Multidrug Therapy (MDT) in the Management of Pediatric Leprosy Patients: An Expert Perspective from India
    VV Pai, PN Rao, AK Agarwal, J Darlong, HK Kar, T Narang, MM Phiske, ...
    Indian J Lepr 95, 293-297 2023

  • A study on Depression using PHQ9 among Patients Attending Outpatient Department of a Tertiary Care Leprosy Hospital in the City of Kolkata, West Bengal
    H Roberts, J Mahato, K Govindasamy, J Darlong, MS Raju
    Indian J Lepr 94, 227-235 2022

  • Ofloxacin resistance in multibacillary new leprosy cases from Purulia, West Bengal: A threat to effective secondary line treatment for rifampicin-resistant leprosy cases
    M Ahuja, VK Pathak
    Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance 30, 282-285 2022

  • Understanding leprosy reactions and the impact on the lives of people affected: An exploration in two leprosy endemic countries
    AI Putri, K de Sabbata, RI Agusni, MD Alinda, J Darlong, B de Barros, ...
    PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases 16 (6), e0010476 2022

  • Disease Disruption among People Affected by Leprosy
    G Pitchaimani, S Sampathkumar, J Darlong
    Indian J Lepr 94, 23-31 2022

  • Characteristics of children with leprosy: factors associated with delay in disease diagnosis
    J Darlong, K Govindasamy, A Daniel
    Indian Journal of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology 88 (3), 337-341 2022

  • The attitude of people affected with leprosy towards fellow people affected with leprosy in an endemic district, West Bengal, India.
    P Govindharaj, S Srinivasan, J Darlong
    2022

  • The Attitude of People Affected with Leprosy towards Fellow People Affected with Leprosy in an Endemic District, West Bengal, India
    G Pitchaimani, S Srinivasan, J Darlong
    Indian J. Lepr 94, 287-297 2022

  • Self-care in leprosy at the front line
    J Darlong
    Leprosy Review 92 (4), 356-365 2021

  • An assessment of the reported impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on leprosy services using an online survey of practitioners in leprosy referral centres
    B De Barros, SM Lambert, E Negera, GR De Arquer, AM Sales, J Darlong, ...
    Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 115 (12 2021

  • Awareness of leprosy-knowledge and perception among people affected by leprosy in an endemic district, West Bengal, India.
    P Govindharaj, S Srinivasan, J Darlong
    Indian J Lepr 93, 29-39 2021

  • A New Instrument to Measure Family Support among People Affected with Leprosy: Leprosy Family Support Scale (LFSS)
    G Pitchaimani, S Sampathkumar, J Darlong, B Mahato, P Acharya
    Indian J Lepr 93, 157-165 2021

  • Burden of depression and anxiety among leprosy affected and associated factors—a cross sectional study from India
    K Govindasamy, I Jacob, RM Solomon, J Darlong
    PLoS neglected tropical diseases 15 (1), e0009030 2021

  • Disclosure of the Disease among People Affected by Leprosy
    G Pitchaimani, S Srinivasan, J Darlong
    Indian J Lepr 93, 361-367 2021

MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • ENLIST 1: an international multi-centre cross-sectional study of the clinical features of erythema nodosum leprosum
    SL Walker, M Balagon, J Darlong, SN Doni, DA Hagge, V Halwai, A John, ...
    PLoS neglected tropical diseases 9 (9), e0004065 2015
    Citations: 114

  • Household costs of leprosy reactions (ENL) in rural India
    DJ Chandler, KS Hansen, B Mahato, J Darlong, A John, DNJ Lockwood
    PLoS neglected tropical diseases 9 (1), e0003431 2015
    Citations: 78

  • Comparative evaluation of PCR amplification of RLEP, 16S rRNA, rpoT and Sod A gene targets for detection of M. leprae DNA from clinical and environmental samples
    RP Turankar, S Pandey, M Lavania, I Singh, A Nigam, J Darlong, ...
    The International Journal of Mycobacteriology 4 (1), 54-59 2015
    Citations: 69

  • A leprosy clinical severity scale for erythema nodosum leprosum: An international, multicentre validation study of the ENLIST ENL Severity Scale
    SL Walker, AM Sales, CR Butlin, M Shah, A Maghanoy, SM Lambert, ...
    PLoS neglected tropical diseases 11 (7), e0005716 2017
    Citations: 49

  • Single nucleotide polymorphism-based molecular typing of M. leprae from multicase families of leprosy patients and their surroundings to understand the transmission of leprosy
    RP Turankar, M Lavania, VS Chaitanya, U Sengupta, J Darlong, ...
    Clinical Microbiology and Infection 20 (3), O142-O149 2014
    Citations: 34

  • Quality of life of persons affected by leprosy in an endemic district, West Bengal, India
    P Govindharaj, S Srinivasan, J Darlong
    Indian journal of dermatology 63 (6), 459-464 2018
    Citations: 31

  • Burden of depression and anxiety among leprosy affected and associated factors—a cross sectional study from India
    K Govindasamy, I Jacob, RM Solomon, J Darlong
    PLoS neglected tropical diseases 15 (1), e0009030 2021
    Citations: 30

  • Perception toward the disease of the people affected by leprosy
    P Govindharaj, S Srinivasan, J Darlong
    The International Journal of Mycobacteriology 7 (3), 247-250 2018
    Citations: 28

  • Molecular detection of multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium leprae from Indian leprosy patients
    M Lavania, I Singh, RP Turankar, M Ahuja, V Pathak, U Sengupta, L Das, ...
    Journal of global antimicrobial resistance 12, 214-219 2018
    Citations: 28

  • Survival of Mycobacterium leprae and association with Acanthamoeba from environmental samples in the inhabitant areas of active leprosy cases: a cross sectional study from
    RP Turankar, M Lavania, J Darlong, KSRS Sai, U Sengupta, RS Jadhav
    Infection, Genetics and Evolution 72, 199-204 2019
    Citations: 25

  • An assessment of the reported impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on leprosy services using an online survey of practitioners in leprosy referral centres
    B De Barros, SM Lambert, E Negera, GR De Arquer, AM Sales, J Darlong, ...
    Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 115 (12 2021
    Citations: 21

  • A study of untreated leprosy affected children reporting with Grade 2 disability at a referral centre in West Bengal, India
    J Darlong, P Govindharaj, F Darlong, N Mahato
    Leprosy Review 88 (3), 298-305 2017
    Citations: 21

  • Quality of life of people affected with leprosy disability living in purulia, west bengal
    P Govindharaj, S Srinivasan, J Darlong
    Indian J Dermatol 63 (6), 459-64 2018
    Citations: 20

  • AZALEP a randomized controlled trial of azathioprine to treat leprosy nerve damage and Type 1 reactions in India: Main findings
    DNJ Lockwood, J Darlong, P Govindharaj, R Kurian, P Sundarrao, ...
    PLoS neglected tropical diseases 11 (3), e0005348 2017
    Citations: 20

  • Experiences with Thalidomide for Erythema Nodosum Leprosum–a retrospective study
    J Darlong, P Govindharaj, DE Charles, A Menzies, S Mani
    Leprosy Review 87 (2), 211-220 2016
    Citations: 18

  • Children and adolescents’ attitude towards having leprosy in a high endemic district of India
    P Govindharaj, J Darlong, AS John, S Mani
    Leprosy Review 87 (1), 42-52 2016
    Citations: 15

  • Three drugs are unnecessary for treating paucibacillary leprosy—A critique of the WHO guidelines
    DNJ Lockwood, S Lambert, A Srikantam, J Darlong, VV Pai, CR Butlin, ...
    PLoS neglected tropical diseases 13 (10), e0007671 2019
    Citations: 14

  • Methotrexate and prednisolone study in erythema nodosum leprosum (MaPs in ENL) protocol: a double-blind randomised clinical trial
    B De Barros, SM Lambert, M Shah, VV Pai, J Darlong, BJ Rozario, ...
    BMJ open 10 (11), e037700 2020
    Citations: 11

  • Understanding leprosy reactions and the impact on the lives of people affected: An exploration in two leprosy endemic countries
    AI Putri, K de Sabbata, RI Agusni, MD Alinda, J Darlong, B de Barros, ...
    PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases 16 (6), e0010476 2022
    Citations: 10

  • Strongyloides hyper infection in a steroid dependent leprosy patient
    J Darlong
    Leprosy Review 87 (4), 536-542 2016
    Citations: 10