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dry leprosy(medicine)
leprosy(dictionary)
leprosy(encyclopedia)
leprosy(dictionary)
rat leprosy(medicine)
Leprosy(medicine)
Leprosy(health)
leprosy, tuberculoid(medicine)

decompensation (medicine) and Leprosy (medicine)


decompensation (medicine)


decompensation
Failure of compensation, cardiac decompensation is marked by dyspnoea, venous engorgement and oedema.


Leprosy (medicine)


leprosy
<infectious disease> Caused by Mycobacterium leprae, an obligate intracellular parasite that survives lysosomal enzyme attack by possessing a waxy coat.

Leprosy is a chronic disease associated with depressed cellular (but not humoral) immunity, the bacterium requires a lower temperature than 37­C and thrives particularly in peripheral Schwann cells and macrophages.

Only humans and the nine banded armadillo are susceptible.