Leprosy, also known as Hansen's disease (HD), is a long-term infection by the bacteria Mycobacterium leprae or Mycobacterium lepromatosis. Infection can...

low body temperature, which is hospitable to the leprosy bacterium, Mycobacterium leprae. (The leprosy bacterium is difficult to culture and armadillos...

Look up leprosy in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Leprosy is a disease. Leprosy may also refer to: Leprosy (album), an album by the death metal band...

Tuberculoid leprosy is a form of leprosy characterized by solitary skin lesions that are asymmetrically distributed with few lesions and well demarcated...

Leprosy stigma is a type of social stigma, a strong negative feeling towards a person with leprosy relating to their moral status in society. It is also...

Leprosy is the second studio album by Florida death metal band Death, released on November 16, 1988 by Combat Records.[better source needed] The album...

World Leprosy Day is observed internationally every year on the last Sunday of January to increase the public awareness of leprosy or Hansen's Disease...

Rawalpindi Leprosy Hospital (Urdu: راولپنڈی لیپروسی ہسپتال) is a non-profit leprosy hospital in Pakistan. It is among the oldest leprosy hospitals in...

Japanese leprosy patients in 2005, but one in 2006, and one in 2007. The route of leprosy into Japan has not been settled but the presence of leprosy in Japan...

Although leprosy, or Hansen's Disease, was never an epidemic in The United States, cases of leprosy have been reported in Louisiana as early as the 18th...

The history of leprosy was traced to its origins by an international team of 22 geneticists using comparative genomics of the worldwide distribution of...

Lepromatous leprosy is a form of leprosy characterized by pale macules in the skin.: 346  It results from the failure of Th1 cell activation which is necessary...

Lepers, it has the goal of zero leprosy transmission by 2035. As well as working towards zero leprosy transmission, The Leprosy Mission is committed to achieving...

The Palpable Leprosy of Pollution is the debut studio album by the English deathcore band Infant Annihilator. It was released on 12 December 2012. The...

The Leprosy Mission Australia (TLMA) is a Christian medical charity dedicated to eradicating leprosy, and supporting those affected by the disease. An...

novo). Leprosy can appear in two forms, tuberculoid leprosy and lepromatous leprosy, and histoid leprosy is a variant of lepromatous leprosy. It appears...

Acworth Municipal Hospital for Leprosy (AMHL), or simply Acworth Leprosy Hospital, is a public hospital for leprosy located in Wadala, Mumbai. It is the...

(also known as the leprosy bacillus or Hansen's bacillus) is one of the two species of bacteria that cause Hansen's disease (leprosy), a chronic but curable...

Leprosy currently affects approximately a quarter of a million people throughout the world, with the majority of these cases being reported from India...

and treatment of lepers, people suffering from leprosy. M. leprae, the bacterium responsible for leprosy, is believed to have spread from East Africa through...

English and frequently translated as leprosy (though it is not Hansen's disease, the disease known as "leprosy" in modern times), is a term used in the...

specializing in Hansen's disease, also known as “leprosy”. It was originally the All Africa Leprosy Rehabilitation and Training Center (hence the acronym)...

three million people are estimated to be permanently disabled because of leprosy. India has the greatest number of cases, with Brazil second and Indonesia...

(Leprosy Relief Association) is a UK-based international charity established in 1924, working to diagnose, treat, and rehabilitate people with leprosy...

National Leprosy Eradication Program is a health scheme of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India to eradicate leprosy in India...

Borderline leprosy is a cutaneous skin condition with numerous skin lesions that are red irregularly shaped plaques.: 345  Leprosy Skin lesion James,...

settlements were established in 1866 for quarantined treatment of persons with leprosy; these operated until 1969. The Kalaupapa National Historical Park now...

ester derivatives of chaulmoogra oil, which were used as a treatment for leprosy during the early 20th century. She was the first woman and first African...

diffuse leprosy of Lucio and Latapí, also known as diffuse lepromatous leprosy or "pretty leprosy", is a clinical variety of lepromatous leprosy. It was...

member contracted leprosy. The governments of the Kingdom, and subsequently, the Territory and State of Hawaiʻi tried to control leprosy (also known as Hansen's...