Leprosy is a neglected infectious disease caused by acid‐fast bacillus Mycobacterium
leprae. It primarily affects the skin and then progresses to a secondary stage, causing …

The Guidelines for the Diagnosis, Treatment and Prevention of Leprosy providestate-of-the-
art knowledge and evidence on leprosy diagnosis, treatment andprevention based on a …

In leprosy, classic diagnostic tools based on bacillary counts and histopathology have been
facing hurdles, especially in distinguishing latent infection from active disease and …

Background Mycobacterium leprae was thought to be the exclusive causative agent of
leprosy until Mycobacterium lepromatosis was identified in a rare form of leprosy known as …

Objectives Owing to difficulties in the clinical diagnosis of leprosy, several complementary
tests have been developed and used. The aim was to systematically summarize the …

Neuropathies form an integral part of the symptomatology of leprosy. Neuropathies of
leprosy take various forms and shapes. At one end is the cutaneous nerve involvement …

Background Leprosy, a chronic infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium leprae, is often
late-or misdiagnosed leading to irreversible disabilities. Blood transcriptomic biomarkers …

Leprosy is caused by the bacterial pathogens Mycobacterium leprae and Mycobacterium
lepromatosis. Apart from humans, animals such as nine-banded armadillos in the Americas …

Pure neuritic leprosy has always been an enigma due to its clinical and management
ambiguities. Although only the Indian Association of Leprologist's classification recognizes' …

Mycobacterium leprae, the causative agent of leprosy, is an unculturable bacterium with a
considerably reduced genome (3.27 Mb) compared to homologues mycobacteria from the …