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 …

Leprosy is an infectious disease that has now been reported for more than 2000 years. The
leprosy elimination goal set by the World Health Organization (WHO), ie a global prevalence …

Leprosy, also known as Hansen's disease, is a curable infectious disease that remains
endemic in> 140 countries around the world. Despite being declared “eliminated” as a …

Background Mycobacterium leprae was thought to be the exclusive causative agent of
leprosy until Mycobacterium lepromatosis was identified in a rare form of leprosy known as …

Leprosy is a chronic disease with clinical presentations according to the immunologic
spectrum. Lepromatous form is the most advanced, with the highest transmissibility and risk …

Leprosy is a granulomatous infection caused by infection with Mycobacterium leprae or M.
lepromatosis. We evaluated skin biopsy and slit skin smear samples from 92 leprosy …

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

Background Leprosy is a chronic granulomatous infection caused by Mycobacterium leprae.
It is a polymorphic disease with a wide range of cutaneous and neural manifestations. Ulcer …

Mycobacterium lepromatosis was identified as a causative agent for leprosy in the year 2008
in the United States and later more cases were identified in Canada, Singapore, Brazil, and …