The World Health Organization says it will send leprosy drugs to Nigeria this weekend after resolving testing hold-ups that led to a year-long delay in thousands of patients, including children, ...

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

Leprosy is a chronic infectious disorder, caused by Mycobacterium leprae, which is a typical intracellular pathogen. Transient or long-standing bacteremia is thought to be required for successful ...

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 ...

Leprosy, also called Hansen's disease, is a chronic infectious disease due to the bacterium, Mycobacterium leprae. It mainly affects the skin, peripheral nerves, the upper respiratory tract ...

The disease, caused by Mycobacterium leprae, affects the skin, peripheral nerves and eyes. It is curable with multi-drug therapy (MDT), but without treatment patients suffer from disfiguring sores ...

Leprosy is an infectious disease caused by a bacteria called Mycobacterium leprae, with the disease mainly affecting the skin and peripheral nerves. If left untreated, the disease may lead to ...

However, leprosy is curable with a multi-drug therapy regimen that has been available for decades. Despite the availability ...

The Department of Health (DOH) in Central Luzon and Jose B. Lingad Memorial General Hospital (JBLMGH) in the City of San Fernando opened a Hansen’s Clinic insid ...