• DOI:10.1111/j.1529-8019.2009.01274.x
Corpus ID: 42203681

Treatment of leprosy/Hansen's disease in the early 21st century

@article{Worobec2009TreatmentOL,
  title={Treatment of leprosy/Hansen's disease in the early 21st century},
  author={S. Worobec},
  journal={Dermatologic Therapy},
  year={2009},
  volume={22}
}

• S. Worobec
• Published 2009
• Medicine
• Dermatologic Therapy

Leprosy, or Hansen's disease (HD), is caused by Mycobacterium leprae, a slowly dividing mycobacterium that has evolved to be an intracellular parasite, causing skin lesions and nerve damage. Less than 5% of people exposed to M. leprae develop clinical disease. Host cell‐mediated resistance determines whether an individual will develop paucibacillary or multibacillary disease. Hansen's disease is a worldwide disease with about 150 new cases reported annually in the United States. Effective anti… Expand

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