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Leprosy is the result of mycobacterium leprae, which is a bacterium. According to scientists, it is one of the oldest bacteria to inhabit the Earth. Even ancient Egyptians have documented information about it.More...
When a person gets infected by a bacterium called the mycobacterium leprae, it starts multiplying in the body. Leprosy is a very slowly progressing disease and the incubation period for the bacteria it takes three years and sometimes more. During the incubation period, the bacteria do not show any visible signs or symptoms in the person.More...
Leprosy is caused by bacteria called mycobacterium leprae and it was first discovered in 1873. However, for a very long time doctors did to understand how leprosy spreads. Some scientists believed that leprosy can spread from the infected person to another person through respiratory droplets. A research then later showed that actually more than 50 percent of the people who developed the disease had no contact with another leprosy infected person.More...
Leprosy is caused by Mycobacterium leprae, which multiplies in the body once infected. Leprosy has been plaguing human beings for several years now. The signs of leprosy start occurring only after two to three years of infection. It is known as the leprosy incubation period. The three years time is taken from the period of infection to the development of symptoms. It can also extend to more than three years.More...
Leprosy is caused by bacteria actually called the mycobacterium leprae. The leprosy bacteria share several features along with the tuberculosis bacteria and therefore both could be from the same family. They both have huge amount of lipids in their cell membranes. They progress very slowly, and their multiplication rate is extremely slow.More...
