Leprosy (ie, Hansen's disease) is a chronic disease secondary to infection with either
Mycobacterium leprae or M. lepromatosis. While the incidence of this disease is decreasing …

Lucio phenomenon (LP) is a variant of type two leprosy, characterized by necrotizing
erythema, frequently found in neglected leprosy patient who experience delayed diagnosis …

Sir, We read with great interest a review on Leprosy–A raging persistent enigma by Galhotra
et al.[1] The authors have very nicely described the current scenario of leprosy in India and …

More than 80% of all newly registered leprosy cases in the world are in India, Brazil, and
Indonesia combined. According to projections, even if country-level eradication is achieved …

The leprosy elimination at national level was achieved in India in December 2005, however,
Chhattisgarh is the only State yet to achieve same at State level and reported highest …

Leprosy prevalence has reduced in the past decade and most states in India have achieved
the prevalence of less than 1/10,000 (the defining feature of 'elimination of a disease as a …

The tropical diseases caused by infectious agents have direct relationship with poverty and
are being frequently ignored. Some of tropical infectious diseases like leprosy, tuberculosis …

ABSTRACT Background & Aim: Leprosy a chronic infectious public health challenge is
caused by a slowly multiplying acid fast bacillus Mycobacterium leprae. An untreated …

A hanseníase, uma doença crônica causada pela bactéria Mycobacterium leprae, continua
a ser um problema de saúde pública em muitas regiões do mundo. A fisiopatologia da …

Rheumatic manifestations are common in leprosy and are often due to a reactional state
(both type 1 and type 2 lepra reactions). Several patterns of joint involvement occur, such as …