Leprosy, also known as Hansen's disease, is a serious, infectious chronic disease caused by a harsh bacterial organism called Mycobacterium leprae. Leprosy has existed in time unknown and is not ...

which may present as severe skin rashes, difficulty breathing, or swollen lips. Advice for patients and public Leprosy is a curable disease. Therefore, patients should complete the full course of ...

The bacillus Calmette–Guérin (BCG) vaccine, initially developed to provide protection against TB, also protects against leprosy; and the magnitude of this effect varies. Previous meta-analyses ...

NASARAWA, Nigeria - The World Health Organization says it will send leprosy drugs to Nigeria this weekend after resolving testing hold-ups that led to a year-long delay in thousands of patients ...

GOSHI, Kumamoto Prefecture--A national leprosy sanitarium here has found ... Residents complained of side effects such as fatigue, paresthesia, rashes and nausea. Nine people died during the ...