“It appears, to me, to be a landmark paper which really provides a bounty of insight into this newly recognized and little-understood organism,” said Richard Truman, chief of the laboratory research ...

Leprosy is a bacterial infection that is not highly infectious and can be fully cured with the right treatment. Education and ...

The DNA of leprosy-causing bacteria has been found in the remains of people and a red squirrel unearthed at medieval sites in the UK. This makes red squirrels the earliest known non-human hosts of ...

Kler said leprosy is caused by a bacteria called the micro leprae and is transmitted when a person comes into contact with the leprosy bacteria. "It is like a disease of the poor: where there is ...

A number of antibiotics also treat leprosy by killing the bacteria that causes it. A specialist should do the prescription. Over the counter prescription is discouraged. Alongside treatment ...

Kler said leprosy is caused by a bacteria called the micro leprae and is transmitted when a person comes into contact with the leprosy bacteria. "It is like a disease of the poor: where there is ...