Archive for March 29th, 2010

What Is Leprosy?

Leprosy or Hansen’s disease (HD) is a chronic infectious disease and caused by bacteria Mycobacterium leprae and Mycobacterium lepromatosis.Leprosy is basically a granulomatous disease of mucosa of upper respiratory tract and peripheral nerves. Skin lesions are included in signs and symptoms of leprosy. Leprosy results in damage of peripheral nerves, skin, eyes, testes and mucous [...]