A Clinical Description of Leprosy or Hansen’s Disease (482 words, 3 pages)
LeprosyMike WallisLeprosy or Hansens disease, is a chronic, infectious disease thatmainly affects the skin, mucous membranes, and nerves. A rod shaped bacillusnamed Mycobacterium leprea, causes the virus. Mycobacterium leprea is verysimilar to the bacillus that causes tuberculosis. The reason Leprosy is alsoknown as Hansens disease, is because it was first ...
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