Leprosy resurfaces in India due to climate change, poverty, and stigma, demanding urgent interventions and visibility.

One of the world’s oldest diseases has an even more complex history than expected. Research out today reveals that a form of leprosy was stalking people in the Americas long before Europeans ...

Borderline tuberculoid leprosy and type 1 leprosy reaction in a hepatitis C patient during treatment with interferon and ribavirin * Hanseníase boderline tuberculóide e reação hansênica do tipo 1 em ...

The genomes also all budded from the same branch of the leprosy family tree, sharing enough genetic similarities that they strongly indicated that medieval humans and squirrels were swapping the ...

Leprosy is caused by two different but similar bacteria — Mycobacterium leprae and Mycobacterium lepromatosis — the latter having just been identified in 2008.

People often think of leprosy as a bygone disease, relevant primarily in biblical times. But in fact, it is still present in more than 120 countries, and the US is seeing an uptick in cases.

Axonal involvement was more frequent in primary neural leprosy, borderline-tuberculoid, borderline-lepromatous and lepromatous forms. Discussion: Our findings support that leprosy is a spectral ...

Leprosy is rare because most people have innate immunity. Cases are typically brought from countries where the disease is endemic through travel.

Recent alarmism around leprosy in Florida highlights the need for additional education on the disease for both the public and health care providers.

Florida man gets unexplained leprosy case; doctors suspect local soil Leprosy is not very contagious, and the CDC has not issued a travel advisory.

Health officials are seeing more cases of the rare disease of leprosy in Florida, and want to find out why. Florida researchers are weighing in with some clues.

Tuberculoid leprosy brings mild symptoms because of a healthy immune response to the bacteria, according to the Cleveland Clinic.