Hansen's disease (leprosy), mainly caused by infection with Mycobacterium leprae, has
accompanied humanity for thousands of years. Although currently rare in Europe, there are …

Background It has been amply described that levels of IgM antibodies against
Mycobacterium leprae (M. leprae) phenolic glycolipid I (PGL-I) correlate strongly with the …

Mycobacterium leprae is classified into four SNP genotypes and 16 subtypes (from 1A to 4P)
that exhibit phylogeographical association reported from around the world. Among them …

Microbiologically speaking, the ancient scourge of leprosy has a new face. Considered a
curse for millennia, the causative agent, Mycobacterium leprae, was first described by …

Molecular drug susceptibility testing was performed on skin biopsies from 24 leprosy
patients from Guinea-Conakry for the first time. We identified primary drug resistance in 4 …

Hansen disease, known as Leprosy, is an infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium
leprae. The disease was once thought to be highly contiguous, and patients with leprosy …

Nine-banded armadillos (Dasypus novemcinctus) are naturally infected with Mycobacterium
leprae and are implicated in the zoonotic transmission of leprosy in the United States. In …

Mycobacterium leprae is the predominant cause of leprosy worldwide, and its genotypes
can be classified into four single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) types and 16 subtypes …

BACKGROUND The detection of live Mycobacterium leprae in soil and animals other than
humans suggests that the environment plays a role in the transmission of leprosy …

The concept of One Health originated with the German pathologist Rudolf Virchow in the late
19th century but has become a global movement only in the past 2 decades [1]. One Health …