Understanding Leprosy
By Dr. Isabella Lin, MD · · Infectious Disease
Patients often ask us about leprosy. Here is what our Infectious Disease clinicians want you to know.
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Topic: leprosy. A primary bacterial infectious disease that results_in infection located_in superficial peripheral nerves, located_in skin, located_in mucous membranes of the upper respiratory tract, located_in anterior chamber of the eyes, or located_in testes, has_material_basis_in Mycobacterium leprae, which is transmitted_by aerosol spread from infected nasal secretions to exposed nasal and oral mucosa. The…
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