According to the Centers for Disease Control, there's another thing to worry about when visiting Florida: Leprosy. In a recent research letter published on the CDC website, the authors say there is ...

Leprosy is a chronic infectious disease caused by the bacillus Mycobacterium leprae. While the organism is readily transmitted from person to person, it does not usually produce the clinical disease ...

Researchers discovered that the leprosy pathogen Mycobacterium leprae was able to evade immune activity that is dependent on vitamin D, a natural hormone that plays an essential role in the body's ...

Borderline tuberculoid leprosy with type 1 reaction can have an acute presentation in persons infected with HIV. This reaction may develop as part of the immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome ...