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Leprosy : Prevention

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Prevention List

Prevention could include:
  • Avoid contact with infected individuals

Prevention Overview Articles

Leprosy
Prevention consists of avoiding close physical contact with untreated people. People on long-term medication become noninfectious (they do not transmit the organism that causes the disease.
Source:ADAM
Date:July 25, 2007
Leprosy
Leprosy is a slowly progressing bacterial infection that affects the skin, peripheral nerves in the hands and feet, and mucous membranes of the nose, throat, and eyes. Destruction of the nerve endings causes the the affected areas to lose sensatio...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
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