Leprosy
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or Hansen’s disease, is a chronic, infectious disease that
mainly affects the skin, mucous membranes, and nerves. A rod shaped bacillus
named Mycobacterium leprea, causes the virus. Mycobacterium leprea is very
similar to the bacillus that causes tuberculosis. The reason Leprosy is also
known ....
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.... Europe was affected. This disease is much less common now, as the
world case count has dropped below 1 million. During 1995 about 530 000 new
cases of leprosy were discovered. It is obvious that third world countries have
way more cases as India, Indonesia, and Myanmar account for almost 70% of the
cases reported in the world. 5500 know cases of Leprosy still exist in the US,
and about 200 cases a reported annually.
Tests to produce leprosy in experimental animals, have not been
successfu ....
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