Humans encounter mycobacterial species due to their ubiquity in different environmental
niches. In many individuals, pathogenic mycobacterial species may breach our first-line …

Mycobacterium lepromatosis was identified as a new species and second causal agent of
Hansen's disease (HD, or leprosy) in 2008, 150years after the disease was first attributed to …

Molecular epidemiology investigations are notoriously challenging in the leprosy field
mainly because the inherent characteristics of the disease as well as its yet uncultivated …

Chronic infection by the obligate intracellular pathogen Mycobacterium leprae may lead to
the development of leprosy. Of note, in the lepromatous clinical form of the disease, failure of …

Leprosy is caused by Mycobacterium leprae and Mycobacterium lepromatosis. We report
construction and analyses of the complete genome sequence of M. lepromatosis FJ924. The …

Objectives Leprosy is caused by Mycobacterium leprae or Mycobacterium lepromatosis.
This study reviews literature on M lepromatosis and reports on a Mexican family with this …

We describe two leprosy cases in Mexican siblings caused by a new species
Mycobacterium lepromatosis. This is likely the first report of family clustering of this infection …

Las enfermedades infecciosas fueron señaladas como la causa principal de muerte en las
sociedades pasadas. Sin embargo, hasta el momento son escasos los conocimientos …

The genome of a newly identified leprosy causing bacillus Mycobacterium lepromatosis was
sequenced in 2015 wherein a gene MLPM_5000 was detected whose corresponding …

Human leprosy is primarily caused by Mycobacterium leprae, but also by the related 'M.
lepromatosis'. Ancient leprosy can be recognised in archaeological materials by the …