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Also known as Hansen's disease, lepras

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OverviewAI-generated

Leprosy is a subject covered in the Commons gallery and category of the same name. It is referenced by 2,538 other encyclopedia articles. The condition has a minimal incubation period in humans of 1 and a maximal incubation period of 20.

There are 1,200 cases of prevalence recorded. The number of cases stands at 173,358. In medical classification systems, it is identified by ICD-9-CM codes "030" and "030.9". It also carries the NCI Thesaurus ID "C84824".

Research interest is reflected in a PubMed count of 33,590 for the query leprosy. The subject has exact matches in external databases, including identifiers from DOID and Orphanet.

Synthesized by Vinony from 12 facts across 3 sources: Wikidata, PubMed, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Key facts

Medical condition.name: Leprosy
Medical condition.synonyms: Hansen's disease (HD)
Medical condition.image: Tropmed-91-216-g001.jpg
Medical condition.caption: Rash on the chest and abdomen caused by leprosy
Medical condition.field: Infectious diseases
Medical condition.symptoms: Skin lesions, neuropathy, muscle weakness, partial paralysis, blindness, decreased ability to feel pain
Medical condition.causes: Mycobacterium leprae or Mycobacterium lepromatosis
Medical condition.risks: Close contact with a case of leprosy, living in poverty
Medical condition.treatment: Multidrug therapy
Medical condition.medication: Rifampicin, dapsone, clofazimine
Medical condition.frequency: 200,000 annually
Medical condition.named after: Gerhard Armauer Hansen

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Research

33,590 papers

Leprosy.ReviewDermatologic clinics · 1992Meyers WM
[Leprosy. Pathogenesis--classification--diagnosis--treatment].ReviewDer Hautarzt; Zeitschrift fur Dermatologie, Venerologie, und verwandte Gebiete · 1990Stingl P
Leprosy.ReviewClinics in dermatology · 1995Sugita YDOI: 10.1016/0738-081x(95)00005-z
Childhood leprosy: a current appraisal.ReviewClinical and experimental dermatology · 2026Sarkar R, Sil A, Soni S et al.DOI: 10.1093/ced/llag001
Leprosy.Australian and New Zealand journal of ophthalmology · 1989Dethlefs RDOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.1989.tb00522.x
Leprosy.ReviewDermatologic clinics · 1994Sehgal VN
Leprosy.ReviewImmunology series · 1989Rea TH, Modlin RL
Leprosy.ReviewTropical diseases bulletin · 1969Browne SG