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} }
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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