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The hands of Bodhe Annasuya, 45,
who acquired leprosy when she was 12 years old.
She lives in Balaji Nagar, a leprosy colony,
with her husband and adopted son, in Hyderabad,
India.
Photograph:
Saumya Khandelwal
for The New York Times
In India, a Renewed Fight Against Leprosy
Health workers thought they had vanquished the
disease in 2005.
But it lived on, cloaked in stigma and medical
mystery.
NYT
April 17, 2019
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/17/
health/leprosy-india-disease.html
infectious disease > bacteria Mycobacterium
leprae > leprosy
UK / USA
Leprosy,
also known as Hansen’s disease,
is a chronic infectious disease
caused by Mycobacterium leprae.
The disease mainly affects the skin,
the peripheral nerves, mucosal surfaces
of the upper respiratory tract and the eyes.
Leprosy is known to occur
at all ages ranging
from early infancy to very old age.
Leprosy is curable
and early treatment averts most disabilities.
Transmission
The exact mechanism
of transmission of leprosy
is not known.
At least until recently,
the most widely held belief
was that the disease was transmitted
by contact between cases of leprosy
and healthy persons.
More recently the possibility of transmission
by the respiratory route is gaining ground.
There are also other possibilities
such as transmission through insects
which cannot be completely ruled out.
- added July 16, 2020
https://www.who.int/lep/disease/en/
https://www.who.int/lep/disease/en/
https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2020/07/16/
891362870/a-family-secret-inspired-a-new-book-about-leprosy
https://www.npr.org/2020/07/12/
890148688/author-pam-fessler-discusses-leprosy-new-book
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/apr/06/
house-is-black-iranian-documentary-leper-colony-coronavirus
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/02/07/
803533167/lessons-from-leprosy-for-coronavirus-quarantine-and-isolation-can-backfire
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2019/apr/22/
nepal-hidden-leprosy
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/17/
health/leprosy-india-disease.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/13/
magazine/a-man-discovers-he-has-a-disease-most-people-thought-no-longer-existed.html
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/may/10/
new-study-suggests-leprosy-came-from-europe
https://www.theguardian.com/healthcare-network/gallery/2018/jan/26/
tackling-leprosy-in-the-philippines-in-pictures
https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2017/09/16/
551057795/leprosy-is-not-quite-yet-a-disease-of-the-past
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2017/aug/03/
leprosy-experts-claim-millions-of-cases-go-undiagnosed
https://www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2017/jan/29/
ghana-leprosy-in-pictures-joan-wakelin-bursary
https://www.theguardian.com/healthcare-network/gallery/2016/nov/23/
leprosy-disease-of-past-in-pictures-vaccine
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/sep/01/
india-rolls-out-worlds-first-leprosy-vaccine-as-fight-goes-on-war-footing
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/apr/14/
like-entering-a-prison-japans-leprosy-sufferers-sue-government-for-decades-of-pain
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2015/nov/10/
people-leprosy-india-stigma-reinforced-cruel-colonial-law
https://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/17/
health/study-offers-explanation-for-leprosys-persistence.html
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/jun/30/
leprosy-cases-britain-misdiagnosed-doctors-warned
https://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/01/
science/leprosy-still-claiming-victims.html
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/video/2014/jan/26/
leprosy-brazil-hidden-disease-video
https://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/20/
health/fast-new-test-could-help-nip-leprosy-in-the-bud.html
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2011/mar/24/
leprosy-india-hidden-disease
https://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/23/
opinion/l23leprosy.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2003/02/18/
health/leprosy-a-synonym-for-a-stigma-returns.html
https://www.nytimes.com/1964/01/26/
archives/the-story-of-leprosy-public-understanding-of-the-disease-sought-as.html
leper UK
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/apr/06/
house-is-black-iranian-documentary-leper-colony-coronavirus
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