Category
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leprosy
Leprosy, also known as '''Hansen's disease (HD'), is a long-term infection by the bacteria Mycobacterium leprae or Mycobacterium lepromatosis''. Infection can lead to damage of the nerves, respiratory tract, skin, and eyes. This nerve damage may result in the loss of nociception, which can lead to the loss of parts of a person's extremities from repeated injuries or infection through unnoticed wounds. An infected person may also experience muscle weakness and loss of eyesight. Leprosy symptoms may begin within one year or take 20 years or more.

Mycobacterium leprae
species of bacterium; form of leprosy
leper colony
place to quarantine people with leprosy
Jesus cleansing a leper
one of the miracles of Jesus
Cleansing ten lepers
one of the miracles of Jesus in the Gospels; pericope; Gospel pericope for the Day of Thanksgiving; Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity
World Leprosy Day
International Awareness Day
Mycobacterium lepromatosis
species of bacterium; form of Leprosy
1321 leper scare
Alleged conspiracy of French lepers to spread their disease
Fifth Council of Orléans