The Leper Existent

Leprosy, or that we are more familiar with the title of Leprosy / Hansen is a chronic infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium leprae, an acid-fast, rod-shaped bacillus. This disease primarily affects the skin, peripheral nerves, mucosa of upper respiratory tract and eyes, apart from some other structure. World Health Organization called for greater efforts to fight leprosy, warning the disease transmission an effort against leprosy in many countries in the Asia-Pacific region. Multidrug therapy (MDT) became a key element in the strategy to eliminate leprosy by WHO provided free of charge to all patients worldwide since 1995 and provides a highly effective medication aides for all types of leprosy. All this is believed to be the main source of transmission of leprosy is a human disease. Bacteria Leprosy / Leprosy many nesting on human skin and nasal mucosa. Leprosy germ has an incubation period 2-5 years can even take more than 5 years. Based on WHO data in official reports received during 2011 from 130 countries and territories, the global registered prevalence of leprosy at the beginning of 2011 reached 192.246 cases, while the number of new cases detected during 2010 was 228.474 (excluding a small number of cases in Europe). Theoretically known that a person infected with leprosy germs having been in direct contact in a very long time with people affected by leprosy who have not been taking medication. As for how to get leprosy germs to other people expected through the upper respiratory tract.