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Leprosy is a chronic, contagious disease caused by Mycobacterium leprae, a rod-shaped bacterium. The disease is also called Hansen's disease, after a Norwegian doctor, Armauer Hansen, who discovered the bacterium, in 1873.
Leprosy affects the skin, peripheral nerves, mucosa of the upper respiratory tract and the eyes. If left untreated, the disease can cause muscle weakness, disfigurement, permanent nerve damage in the arms and legs and loss of sensation in the body.
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Leprosy is a chronic, contagious disease caused by Mycobacterium leprae, a rod-shaped bacterium. The disease is also called Hansen's disease, after a Norwegian doctor, Armauer Hansen, who discovered the bacterium, in 1873.
Leprosy affects the skin, peripheral nerves, mucosa of the upper respiratory tract and the eyes. If left untreated, the disease can cause muscle weakness, disfigurement, permanent nerve damage in the arms and legs and loss of sensation in the body.