Leprosy remains one of the biggest public health problems in many countries. It is a complex disease in several aspects, including clinical, histopathological, and molecular. This book is written to ...

People who have leprosy, an infectious disease that has been described in ancient civilizations, have consistently been persecuted and ostracized from their families and communities until 1969 when ...

Epidemiology Bacteria that causes leprosy was present in the Americas before the Europeans Mycobacterium leprae, the main species, was brought over by the Europeans, but M. lepromatosis had already ...

The findings that were published in the Tamil Nadu Journal of Public Health and Medical Research showed that over a span of ...

Leprosy hearkens back centuries, all the way to its reference in the Bible in the Book of Leviticus. People in Florida are talking about leprosy again — and not just in church or Sunday school. More ...

Leprosy, a disease widely believed to have been spread out of India, in fact appears to have originated in Africa or the Near East, scientists said Thursday. “The disease seems to have originated in ...

One of the world’s oldest diseases has an even more complex history than expected. Research out today reveals that a form of leprosy was stalking people in the Americas long before Europeans arrived.

In recent weeks, you may have seen alarming headlines about how leprosy might become “endemic” in Florida. As a physician in Florida who specializes in treating leprosy, also known as Hansen’s disease ...

Leprosy, an illness that can be traced back to Biblical times and is believed to be the oldest disease in mankind, is also known as Hansen’s disease. It can lead to nerve damage and disfigurement in ...

The CDC says Central Florida accounts for 81% of leprosy cases in the state — and the disease could become endemic Getty Florida has seen an uptick in leprosy cases, an indication that the disease is ...

Out of the 36 people who were diagnosed with leprosy this year in Florida, 27 of them acquired the disease within the state ...