Therefore, people who manifest these types of skin lesions are often unsure of where they came from. Also, because leprosy has become a rare disease, expertise or knowledge about the condition has ...

Leprosy is on the rise again in the United States ... and causes symptoms including skin lesions, which may be lighter or ...

Leprosy, also known as Hansen's disease, is a serious, infectious chronic disease caused by a harsh bacterial organism called Mycobacterium leprae. Leprosy has existed in time unknown and is not ...

A new study published in The New England Journal of Medicine showed that by 4 weeks of treatment, bedaquiline monotherapy ...

Infections can cause skin lesions, nerve damage, blindness and hair loss, among other symptoms. Today, leprosy is very rare in the United States, but more than 200,000 cases occur worldwide each ...

Reddy RR; Singh G; Sacchidanand S; Okade R; Shivakumar V; Uday A; Haneef NS BACKGROUND: In spite of leprosy being a disease of nerves, ROM therapy for single skin lesion leprosy was based on ...

GREENVILLE, S.C. — American Leprosy Missions, a nonprofit helping persons affected by neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) like leprosy to be healed in body and spirit, today unveiled a rebrand to ...

In this proof-of-concept study, bedaquiline therapy cleared Mycobacterium leprae by four weeks of treatment in patients with ...

Awwal Musa has been able to get the drugs to treat her leprosy for the past year People affected by leprosy in Nigeria should be able to get hold of vital drugs to treat the disease for the first ...

Residents near dump yards in Chennai, like Kodungaiyur, report skin lesions, prompting calls to halt waste management projects for public health.

PETALING JAYA: Genetic factors, weakened immune systems due to malnutrition and poor sanitation can make a person vulnerable to leprosy. Those living in poverty and staying in close quarters ...