Leprosy : A living Death

By Marisela Esparza

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What are names for Leprosy?

a. Hansen’s Disease

b. Mycobacterium laprae

c. A living death

d. Tuberculosis

e.only a & b

OrigensOrigensFirst records In Egypt around 600 B.C Everywhere in the BibleAlexander the Great in rome 62. B.CMiddle AgesPresent Also called Hansen’s Disease in 1869 he discovered

it was a bacteria and not hereditary as most people thought

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What is it? Mycobacterium leprae Chronic infectious

disease that affects the skin and peripheral nervous system and the mucous membranes

Progressive

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Unsolved Mystery

Transmission?Where it occurs the most?Who is most susceptible?WHY?

Contact with armadillos increases the risk of leprosy in Brazil: A case control study.(Original

Article)(Case study).

Case study : armadillo contact causes leprosy in people?

506 leprosy patients 594 controls 68% of people contracted leprosy after exposure What other contacts can lead to leprosy Naturally occurring bacteria in the soil

TreatmentIsolationInjecting Chaulmoogra oilAntibiotic DapsoneMDT

Demographics India accounts for 73% of all leprosy cases Most occurring leprosy cases in India, Brazil, Burma, Indonesia, Nepal, Madagascar, Etheopia,

Mozambique, D. R. of Congo, and Tanzania.

Few cases in U.S: California, Louisiana,Florida, and Hawaii. 1.2 million cases worldwide Every year 600,000 more cases

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QuestionsShort answer question:Explain Leprosy. What it is caused by, and what

does it affect in a person’s body

Leprosy is a bacteria that is transmitted through the respratory tract. It affects the peripheral nervous system and mucous membranes causing loss of sensation and progressive degeneration of the skin and body.

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“History of Leprosy” http://www.stanford.edu/class/humbio103/parasites2005/leprosy

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Scogna, Kathleen. "Leprosy." Gale Encyclopedia of Science. K. Lee Lerner and Brenda Wilmoth Lerner. 4th ed. Detroit: Gale Group, 2008. Student Resource Center - Gold. Gale. Holy Names High School (BAISL). 12 May 2009

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http://health.state.ny.us/diseae/communicable/leprosy