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People who are in immediate contact with the leprosy patient should be tested for leprosy.
As against popular belief leprosy is not contagious. It takes long physical contact or use of cloths and bedsheets with the patient of leprosy to get the disease.
Cherath, Lata. "Leprosy." A Healthy Me Page. http://www.ahealthyme.com/topic/topic100587076.
The milder tubercular form of leprosy may be transmitted by insect carriers or by contact with infected soil.
It is indeed caused by a micro-organism transferable from an infected person to a susceptible contact. However it is the least infectious of all infectious diseases. Immunity of the human beings against the invading pathogenic organism is very high. In this respect leprosy differs from most infectious diseases.Dr R Ganapati,Bombay leprosy Projecte-mail : rganapati@yahoo.com
Some physicians have advocated dapsone treatment for people in close household contact with leprosy patients.
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-Leprosy occurs in armadillos as well -Men are twice as likely to catch leprosy than women -In some folklore, they believe if you catch leprosy then your limbs will fall off That's all I know, so if anyone else knows some more, don't be afraid to add it.
I do not have leprosy.
About 50% of patients diagnosed with the disease have a history of close contact with an infected family member.
diseases in the Mycobacterium genus Tuberculosis, leprosy etc.
Some people are genetically resistant to leprosy, probably and no matter what, they do not get leprosy. Other with tuberculous type of leprosy have high resistance to leprosy. Those with lepromatous type of leprosy have least resistance to leprosy germs. The intermediate leprosy type have intermediate resistance to leprosy germs. Body reacts to leprosy by trying to kill the leprosy causing germs. There is an inflammatory response.