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Leprosy as a genetic disease.
Mammalian genome : official journal of the International Mammalian Genome Society - 1 Feb 2011
Alter Andrea, Grant Audrey, Abel Laurent, Alcaïs Alexandre, Schurr Erwin
Abstract excerpt
Leprosy (Hansen's disease) is a human infectious disease whose etiological agent, Mycobacterium leprae, was identified by G. H. A. Hansen in the 19th century. Despite the high efficacy of multidrug therapy (<0.1% annual relapse rate), transmission is persistent. In 2008, approximately 250,000 new cases were reported to the World Health Organization. Clinically, leprosy presents as either the paucibacillary (1-5...
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