What is the name of leprosy virus?

Answer 1

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Leprosy is caused by the organism Mycobacterium leprae. It is not very contagious (difficult to transmit) and has a long incubation period (time before symptoms appear), which makes it difficult to determine where or when the disease was contracted. Children are more susceptible than adults to contracting the disease.

Answer 2

Leprosy, also known as Hansen's disease, is a chronic infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium leprae, an acid-fast, rod-shaped bacillus. It is related to M. tuberculosis, the mycobacterium that causes tuberculosis. The disease mainly affects the skin, the peripheral nerves, mucosa of the upper respiratory tract and also the eyes, apart from some other structures.

It occurs in large numbers in the lesions of lepromatous leprosy, chiefly in masses within the lepra cells, often grouped together like bundles of cigars or arranged in a palisade. Chains are never seen.

Answer 3

At the beginning of 2005, the global registered prevalence of leprosy was 286 063 cases and the number of new cases detected during 2004 was 407 791. Among them, 47% were multibacillary cases, 12% were children, and 4% were diagnosed with severe disabilities.

The number of new cases detected globally has fallen by around 107 000 cases (21% decrease) during 2004 compared with 2003. During the past three years, the global number of new cases detected continued to decrease dramatically (a reduction of about 20% per year).

Full control of leprosy has eluded mainly in some parts of Angola, Brazil, Central African republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, India, Madagascar, Mozambique, Nepal, and the United Republic of Tanzania. These countries have intensified their leprosy control activities.

Access to information, diagnosis and treatment with multidrug therapy (MDT) is essential. The treatment is available free of charge from WHO and provides a simple yet highly effective cure for all types of leprosy.

Information campaigns about leprosy in high risk areas are crucial so that patients and their families, who were historically ostracized from their communities, are encouraged to come forward and receive treatment.

Today, diagnosis and treatment of leprosy is easy. Essential work is being carried out to integrate leprosy services into existing, general health services. This is especially important for communities at risk for leprosy, which are often the poorest of the poor and under-served.

Answer 4

Its actually a Bacteria called Mycobacterium leprae.

The disease can affect the skin, mucous membranes, and eyes and some of the nerves that are located outside the central nervous system (peripheral nerves). These are primarily the nerves of the hands, feet, and eyes, and some of the nerves in the skin. In severe, untreated cases, loss of sensation, muscle paralysis of hands and feet, disfigurement, and blindness may occur.

Answer 5

Leprosy is real name and is a virus from skin disease that forms silvery scales on the skin, cause local insensibility to pain.

Answer 6

A chronic, mildly contagious granulomatous disease of tropical and subtropical regions, caused by the

BACILLUS MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE

characterized by ulcers of the skin, bone, and viscera and leading to loss of sensation, paralysis, gangrene, and deformation. It occurs in two principal types: lepromatous and tuberculoid. Also called Hansen's disease.