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 ...

Each year an estimated 600 000 new leprosy cases are diagnosed worldwide. The spectrum of the disease varies widely from limited tuberculoid forms to extensive lepromatous forms. A measure of the risk ...

Leprosy is one of the oldest diseases known to mankind, passing through generations up to modern days and spreading much fear and revulsion in its’ wake. For centuries people believed that Leprosy had ...

Leprosy. We’ve all heard of it, but do you really know what causes it? What does the word make you think of? A disease that people got a long, long time ago? A super-contagious condition that causes ...

Leprosy is a chronic infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium leprae, an acid-fast rod-shaped bacillus, which may produce a widespread disease with severe lesions in the skin, peripheral nerves and ...

Background: Leprosy is a rare but serious mycobacterial infection. Immigration from areas where the disease is endemic has resulted in the importation of leprosy into countries where it is not endemic ...

Leprosy, also known as Hansen’s disease (HD), is a disease caused by an obligate intracellular bacillus called Mycobacterium leprae. It has characteristic clinical features, which include: Depigmented ...

Even 10 years after India declared itself leprosy-free (less than one case per 10,000 population) in 2005, fresh traces of the disease continue to surface in the country. A recent five-year study ...