To the point Hansen’s Disease (leprosy) is thought to have originated in Eurasia: previous studies on Mycobacterium leprae, the dominant form of leprosy, suggest the disease originated in Eurasia.

Hansen's Disease, more commonly known as leprosy, is a chronic disease that can lead to physical impairment. Today it exists in over 100 countries, and while the infection is treatable, access to ...

Intermediate leprosy presensystem, the infection may evolve to cure or to one of tations, including borderline tuberculoid, borderline-its clinical presentations: indeterminate, tuberculoid, ...

Background: India alone contributes nearly 54% of the global load of new cases of leprosy and 21% to global helminthic parasitic infection cases. Research studies have suggested that Soil-transmitted ...

Nigerian massacres: Treating ring worm while ignoring leprosy, by Owei Lakemfa I was in Ndjamena, Chad in 2014 as the then Secretary General of the African Workers, to meet the labour leaders in ...

Clinical manifestations of leprosy are classified in five types: tuberculoid (TT), borderline TT (BT), borderline (BB), borderline lepromatous (BL) and lepromatous (LL).

Leprosy displays a spectrum of clinical manifestations, such as lepromatous and tuberculoid leprosy, and type I and II lepra reactions, which are thought to be a reflection of the host's ...

Abstract: In this review, the most relevant and current epidemiological data, the main clinical, laboratory and therapeutical aspects of leprosy are presented. Detailed discussion of the main drugs ...