Leprosy is a stigmatizing and disabling disease caused by infection with Mycobacterium leprae, followed by a persistent inflammation immune attack against the bacterial antigen. According to Dr ...

Leprosy is a chronic infectious disorder, caused by Mycobacterium leprae, which is a typical intracellular pathogen. Transient or long-standing bacteremia is thought to be required for successful ...

By then, he had already developed leprosy, a chronic infectious disease caused by a type of bacteria called Mycobacterium leprae. Once word spread about his illness, his suffering intensified. Society ...

Leprosy, which has been described since biblical times, is caused by the obligate intracellular pathogen Mycobacterium leprae. In the February 22 Nature, Cole et al. report the sequencing of the ...

Ms Smith died in hospital where she was being treated for a rare autoimmune disease, her family said. Her books inspired the hit TV show The Vampire Diaries (picture shows the cast of the show ...

More information: Rebecca Marshall et al. Challenges of the public health response to a rare case of non-autochthonous Mycobacterium leprae, Ireland, 2024, Eurosurveillance (2025).

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 ...

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