According to the Centers for Disease Control, there's another thing to worry about when visiting Florida: Leprosy. In a recent research letter published on the CDC website, the authors say there is ...

Leprosy is a chronic infectious disease caused by the bacillus Mycobacterium leprae. While the organism is readily transmitted from person to person, it does not usually produce the clinical disease ...

Borderline tuberculoid leprosy with type 1 reaction can have an acute presentation in persons infected with HIV. This reaction may develop as part of the immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome ...

Few infectious diseases have been with us as long as leprosy, with the earliest descriptions appearing in India around 600 BC. This chronic disease has several manifestations, mainly associated with ...