The bacteria Microbacterum leprae causes leprosy also called Hansen's Disease.
A person cannot contract Hansen's Disease unless he or she is genetically susceptible to the infection. More than 90% of the human population is naturally resistant to this infection.
For those who are susceptible to infection; it is believed they acquired the disease by inhaling infected respiratory droplets spread from another infected person.
While this may be one way in which leprosy is spread, more than 50 percent of the people who develop leprosy have no confirmed contact with another infected person.
i think it spreads from touch or maybe through the air. because in The Bible it talks about lepers and they cant be near anyone (except othe lepers)
On an average, it takes four years for the symptoms of tuberculoid leprosy to develop.
Gangrene may occur from the inadequate treatment of leprosy, causing body tissue to die and become deformed.
Probably because of the slow growth of the bacillus, lepromatous leprosy develops even more slowly, taking an average of eight years for the initial lesions to appear.
I do not have leprosy.
Leprosy is lethal if you can't get it treated because your body parts start to fall of and your body falls apart.Ps joshua bolton is awsome
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.
-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.
no
LEPROSY "worse than acne)
No you can not catch leprosy by a cockroach.
leprosy is a pandemic disease
No, it is called Mycobacterium leprae!http://www.medicinenet.com/leprosy/page2.htm#causes