2. CDC - Hansen's Disease (Leprosy): Technical Information - NCZVED
This chronic infectious disease usually affects the skin and peripheral nerves but has a wide range of possible clinical manifestations. Patients are classified as having paucibacillary or multibacillary Hansen's disease. Paucibacillary Hansen's d...
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3. Déjà vu: leprosy and immigration discourse in the... [Lepr Rev. 2010] - PubMed result
Leprosy, or Hansen's disease, continues to be feared and poorly understood in the United States, where knowledge of the disease is limited and prevalence is low. The presence of leprosy among immigrants, however, provides fuel for those with an an...
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4. Learning from leprosy: insight into the human inna... [Adv Immunol. 2010] - PubMed result
Investigation into the innate immune response in leprosy has provided insight into host defense and immunopathology in human infectious disease. A key advance has been the delineation of pattern recognition receptors that detect pathogen-associate...
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5. Multimedia: Tuberculoid Leprosy: Merck Manual Home Edition
A rash characterized by well-defined whitish areas is seen on the back. This finding is typical of tuberculoid leprosy.
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6. ermAtlas: Online Dermatology Image Library dermatology image,leprosy, lepromatous,leprosy, histoid,leprosy, histoid,leprosy, histoid,leprosy, histoid,...
This 52-year-old man developed a disseminated papules and plaques over the last 2 years. Although some lesions were discrete many formed confluent plaques. A skin biopsy was typical of lepromatous leprosy.
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7. Hardin MD : Leprosy Pictures from uIowa.edu
Pictures & text from Dermochromes, a classic dermatology text-book written in 1913, by Jerome Kingsbury. For more information see Medical Pictures from uIowa.edu: Dermochromes
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8. What Is Leprosy?
Leprosy (Hansen’s Disease), is a chronic infectious disease that primarily affects the peripheral nerves, skin, upper respiratory tract, eyes, and nasal mucosa. The disease is caused by a bacillus (rod-shaped) bacterium known as Mycobacterium lepr...
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9. Leprosy
Leprosy is an infectious disease that has been known since biblical times. It is characterized by disfiguring skin sores, nerve damage, and progressive debilitation.
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10. Leprosy
Leprosy is caused by a slow-growing bacillus, Mycobacterium leprae. It is transmitted via droplets from the nose and mouth of untreated patients with severe disease, but is not highly infectious. If left untreated, the disease can cause nerve dama...
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