81. July 1996 - SMJ: Hansen's Disease An informative article about leprosy from the Southern Medical Journal. http://www.sma.org/smj/96jul1.htm

Hansen's Disease PATRICIA I. WATHEN, MD, San Antonio, TX ABSTRACT: Physicians in the United States may encounter Hansen's disease in immigrants and in patients from endemic areas such as Texas, Louisiana, Hawaii, and California. Exposure to infected armadillos may be one means of acquiring the disease. The Mycobacterium leprae bacillus has a predilection for nerves and skin in the cooler areas of the body. The limited tuberculoid form of the disease is characterized by one or a few hypoesthetic skin lesions and palpably enlarged nerves. The more extensive lepromatous form of the disease appears as multiple nodular skin lesions, sometimes with involvement of the nasal structures and eye. Current recommended regimens for treatment of Hansen's disease are based on combinations of dapsone, rifampin, and clofazimine. Recent advances in treatment have resulted in a significant decline in the worldwide prevalence of the disease. Hansen's disease is a major international health problem. Recent advances in treatment have significantly reduced the disease prevalence, but there are still an estimated 2.4 million cases worldwide.1 Although it is a rare disease in the United States, with 2,217 cases reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention from 1984 to 1993,2 primary care physicians in endemic areas or those who treat immigrants may encounter cases of Hansen's disease. Ninety percent of US cases involve patients who have lived in foreign countries where the disease is endemic, primarily Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Hansen's disease is also endemic in Texas, Hawaii, Louisiana, and California.3 Contact with armadillos has been identified as a possible mode of transmission of the disease to humans.

82. The Leprosy Mission Canada The leprosy Mission Canada. Check out our online catalogue! Dr. Paul Brand,world renowned leprosy surgeon, passed away on July 8, 2003. http://www.tlmcanada.org/

Site Map Contact Us Check out our online catalogue! Dr. Paul Brand, world renowned leprosy surgeon, passed away on July 8, 2003. While mourning the loss, we celebrate the many lives he has impacted and transformed. Click here for a photo and press release from TLM Canada Click here for more information on the Kumi Hospital featured in the most recent publication of Frontline. No. 119241990RR0001 The Leprosy Mission Canada commits... "To secure prayer, financial and personnel support for ministering in Jesus’ name to the physical, societal and spiritual needs of victims of leprosy and similar afflictions." Please download a PDF copy of our annual report, click here 75 The Donway West, Suite 1410 North York, Ontario M3C 2E9 Toll Free: 1-888-Leprosy Contact Us

83. AMMA: Kalaupapa National Historical Park A park on the island of Molokai in Hawaii, it serves as an ongoing reminder of the islands' struggle with Hansen's Disease (leprosy). http://members.aol.com/azmemph/kalalink.htm

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84. Leprosy Web Site : Home Page leprosy Home Preface Introduction The Plan leprosy Prevalence Timing GIS Intercountry Meeting Press Releases . http://w3.whosea.org/leprosy/

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85. The Leprosy Mission - Scotland The leprosy Mission (TLM) is an international Christian medical charity workingin 28 countries and currently caring for some 220,000 leprosy sufferers, of http://www.biggar-net.co.uk/tlmscotland/

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86. American Leprosy Foundation A nonprofit research center for leprosy and other biomedical research located in Cebu City, The Philippines. Administrative offices are located in Rockville, MD USA. http://www.erols.com/lwm-alf/index.html

87. Welcome To Our Foundation - Novartis Foundation For Sustainable Development WHO, the Nippon Foundation, Novartis and ILEP cooperate on a global alliance to eliminate leprosy as a public health problem from every country by the year 2005. http://www.foundation.novartis.com/leprosy/global_alliance/index.htm

German News Contact Sitemap ... About us Redesign of the Website 25 April: Africa Malaria Day Read about Our Malaria Project in Tanzania. Latest International Symposium Human Rights and the Private Sector Read Contributions ... Welcome to our Foundation We aim to improve the quality of life for poor people in developing countries by improving access to healthcare through development projects, think tank efforts and dialogue facilitation Did you know that Novartis and the Novartis Foundation provide free treatment for all leprosy patients in the world? Learn More About the Donation What We Want To Achieve Who We Are Why We Exist , and Where We Are Coming From We contribute to the definition and discussion of key issues about sustainable development through our Publications, Presentations and Symposia We promote grassroots development initiatives in the areas of Right to Health and Health Access to Basic Health Care Access to Malaria Treatment and Leprosy Elimination document.write('<'); document.write('! ');

88. American Leprosy Foundation The American leprosy Foundation (ALF) / Leonard Wood Memorial (LWM) is a nonprofitresearch center for leprosy and other biomedical research located in Cebu http://www.erols.com/lwm-alf/

89. Health Protection Agency This site uses Adobe Acrobat Download Adobe Acrobat Download here.leprosy. leprosy eyes. leprosy can affect all ages and both sexes. http://www.hpa.org.uk/infections/topics_az/leprosy/menu.htm

Home Divisions Topics A - Z Publications ... Sitemap JavaScript Date Search Advanced Search CDR Weekly CDPH Influenza ... Deliberate Release To enlarge text select view then text size on your browser. This site uses Adobe Acrobat Download here Leprosy Leprosy is a curable chronic infectious disease caused by the bacillus, Mycobacterium leprae Menu Leprosy briefing Key text and publications Slide Set Back ... Privacy Statement

90. Leprosy NGO India,Leprosy Treatment Clinic India An NGO offering leprosy treatment from india and a unique clinic forleprosy in india offering free treatment for poor people. At http://www.leprosyindia.org/

At the beginning of 2002, the number of leprosy patients in the world was around 635000 leprosy cases, as reported by 106 countries. About 760 000 new cases were detected during 2001 (source: www.who.int/lep/) Quote Indian Leprosy Association : Helping them to live with dignity "Gandhi ji said he was unwilling to come to open leprosium but would be happy to come close it." Mahatma Gandhi "Leprosy work is not merely medical relief; it is transforming frustration of life in to joy of dedication, personal ambition into selfless service" Mahatma Gandhi Achievements Production of Handloom cloth Physio-therapy unit and plastic surgery Poultry farming Sewing center Farming etc Successful establishment of Anand Gram. There are about 40 lac leprosy patients in India. The scourge and agony of the disease is very Well Known and it is for this reason that the Mass Scale Treatment and Rehabilitation. With a view to tackling the problem of leprosy, the Delhi Pradesh Branch of Hind Kusht Nivaran was established in the Year 1961, This was a first laprosy NGO in india which offered free

91. Damien House Damien House Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to bringing dignity to the lives of those affected with Hansen's Disease (leprosy). http://www.damienhouse.org

Damien House Bringing dignity to the lives of those affected with Hansen's Disease. INDEX Hansen's Disease About Damien House Our Name...Honoring Father Damien Make a Donation ... Damien House Board of Directors We will soon be expanding this website to include further information about The Damien House Foundation, it's activities, Hansen's Disease, a biography about Damien House's founder Sister Ann Credidio, photos, articles, and much more. Please visit the site again soon! www.damienhouse.org HANSEN'S DISEASE Hansen's Disease (Leprosy) is one of the most feared and misunderstood diseases among humans. It is a chronic infectious disease named after Dr. Hansen, the physician who discovered its cause. The disease is caused by tiny bacteria that invade the body causing symptoms including nerve damage, lumps and/or ulcers on the skin, weakened muscles, and inward curling of fingers and toes. If untreated, there can be progressive, permanent damage to the skin, limbs, and eyes. There are an estimated 1.15 million cases of Hansen's worldwide, but only about 5% of the world's population are susceptible to the disease. It is primarily transmitted by direct, repetitive person-to-person contact over a prolonged period of time and is NOT hereditary.

92. About Leprosy IDEA is an international organization largely made up of individualsaffected by leprosy. ABOUT leprosy (also called HANSEN S DISEASE ). http://www.idealeprosydignity.org/aboutlep/aboutlep1.htm

ABOUT LEPROSY also called HANSEN'S DISEASE "I had Hansen’s Disease and in 1992 I was cured. The message I have for the people who have this disease is that they should like themselves, get treatment and get cured. There is a cure for Hansen’s Disease- it depends only on you." Ryani Claudia Barros, Brazil Ryani Claudia Barros, Brazil. Photo by Fran cisco Faustino Pinto email info@idealeprosydignity.org Terms of Use Right of Privacy

93. Ivory Tower Crime Detailed information about leprosy and armadillos. http://pandoras-box.org/

Ivory Tower Crime PLAGIARISM, FRAUD, AND DISCRIMINATION do not constitute MISCONDUCT IN SCIENCE according to OFFICE OF RESEARCH INTEGRITY U.S. PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Then what constitutes scientific misconduct? According to Dr. Clyde Watkins of Office of Research Integrity , the official government definition was fabrication, falsification, and plagiarism. We flunked his test. Of three words we used to characterize a major scientific crime , only one was on his list, and we used it out of order. Therefore, he dismissed our appeal for a hearing. Since then, the Ryan Commission has compounded the problem by redefining misconduct as misappropriation, interference, and misrepresentation. Now, ORI has six words they can Babelize to block the public from hearing the truth about misconduct in science. In reality, we did not get a hearing because our case incriminated U.S. Public Health Service officials, and Office of Research Integrity would do anything in their power to protect them, including a sophomoric juggling of words. The clumsy deceptions used by USPHS to obstruct justice are more frightening than the crimes they committed to begin with. You can pick up this labyrinthine trail of deceit by visiting

94. Leprosy leprosy. NAME OF DISEASE leprosy. Hansen s Disease. ETIOLOGICAL AGENTMycobacterium DIAGNOSIS Indeterminate leprosy. The earliest clinically http://www.kcom.edu/faculty/chamberlain/Website/lectures/tritzid/LEPROSY.htm

MM 323-324; ID 1008-1017 Previous Lecture Next Lecture Table of Contents LEPROSY NAME OF DISEASE : Leprosy Hansen's Disease ETIOLOGICAL AGENT Mycobacterium leprae , an acid fast, Gram , rod-shaped obligate intracellular organism. Grown in armadillos. It cannot be grown in agar medium. THE DISEASE A chronic intracellular infectious disease unique to man. Usually it is not fatal. The manifestations of the disease depend on the resistance of the host. Types: 1. Tuberculoid - host is highly resistant, clinical abnormalities limited to a few peripheral nerves and adjacent skin areas, tuberculoid granuloma 2. Lepromatous - host lacks resistance, all tissues affected, foam cell granuloma 3. Borderline - between tuberculoid and lepromatous PATHOLOGY The earliest clinically detectable lesions of leprosy involve the skin and show histologic association with sebaceous glands and hair follicles. From the onset, small cutaneous nerve fibers are involved. With bacillary multiplication, contiguous skin areas, including autonomic nerve fibers, dermal appendages, and blood vessels, are invaded. Lymphohematogenous dissemination of bacilli is probably an early phenomenon. As infection spreads along sensory nerves, motor fibers within parent nerve trunks are damaged. Leprosy bacilli are unable to penetrate directly into the nervous system proximal to the dorsal root ganglions; central nervous system infection does not occur.

95. Hansen's Disease - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia Ananova Britain s earliest leprosy victim may have been foundA child who died 3500 years ago may be Britain s earliest known victim ofleprosy. Ananova Britain s earliest leprosy victim may have been found. http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leprosy

Hansen's disease From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. (Redirected from Leprosy Hansen's disease , also known as leprosy , is an infectious disease caused by infection by Mycobacterium leprae . The modern name of the disease comes from the discoverer of Mycobacterium leprae G. A. Hansen . Sufferers from Hansen's disease have generally been called lepers , although this term is falling into disuse both from the diminishing number of leprosy patients and from pressure to avoid the demeaning connotations of the term. Leprosy used to be incurable and severely disfiguring. Lepers were shunned and sequestered in leper colonies . Today, leprosy is easily curable by multidrug antibiotic therapy. The main challenges for Hansen's disease elimination efforts are to reach populations that have not yet received multidrug therapy services, improve detection of the disease, and provide patients with high-quality services and free drugs. Other than humans, the only other animal known to be susceptible to leprosy is the armadillo Table of contents 1 History 2 Clinical features 3 Incidence 4 Risk groups ... edit History Hansen's disease has been recognized as a problem since the beginning of recorded history. Lepers have frequently lived on the edge of society, and the disease was often believed to have been caused by a divine (or demonic) curse or punishment.

96. Leprosy leprosy. Definition leprosy is an infectious disease that has beenknown since biblical times. It is characterized by disfiguring http://www.healthscout.com/ency/article/001347.htm

Advertisement Search HealthScout Web MEDLINE Special Offers TV Specials Top Features Schizophrenia Hair Loss Liver Disease Allergies ... Impotence Resources Healthscout News 3D Interactive Human Atlas Health Videos Health Encyclopedia ... Drug Library Channels Home Today Women Men ... Drug Checker Advertisement Disease Injury Nutrition Poison ... Prevention Leprosy Definition: Leprosy is an infectious disease that has been known since biblical times. It is characterized by disfiguring skin lesions, peripheral nerve damage, and progressive debilitation. Alternative Names: Hansen's disease Causes, incidence, and risk factors: Leprosy is caused by the organism Mycobacterium leprae . It is a difficult disease to transmit and has a long incubation period, which makes it difficult to determine where or when the disease was contracted. Children are more susceptible than adults to contracting the disease. Leprosy has two common forms, tuberculoid and lepromatous, and these have been further subdivided. Both forms produce lesions on the skin, but the lepromatous form is most severe, producing large disfiguring nodules All forms of the disease eventually cause peripheral neurological damage (nerve damage in the extremities) manifested by sensory loss in the skin and muscle weakness . People with long-term leprosy may lose the use of their hands or feet due to repeated injury resulting from lack of sensation. Leprosy is common in many countries in the world, and in temperate, tropical, and subtropical climates. Approximately 100 cases per year are diagnosed in the U.S. Most cases are limited to the South, California, Hawaii, and U.S. island possessions.

97. Tipsofallsorts/leprosy This section requires Javascript. leprosy leprosy, one of the oldest diseasesknown to mankind, comes froms the Greek word lepros which means scaly. . http://www.tipsofallsorts.com/leprosy.html

Learn something today on tips - t ransferable i tems p hotographed s imply where were they spotted? home Notice board Tips listing Shop Emergency cabinet ... 3 interesting places tipsofallsorts.com's top sellers! This section requires Javascript. Leprosy Facts Share your tips Bookmark this page Click for more tips ... Tell a friend about this site Facts . Leprosy, one of the oldest diseases known to mankind, comes froms the Greek word "lepros" which means scaly. . It is a kind of infection caused by a parasite called Mycobacterium leprae or otherwise known as Hansen's bacillus, named after the Norwegian physician, Gerhard A. Hansen (1841-1912) who was the first person to see this bacteria under the microscope. Which is why leprosy is also called Hansen's disease. . There are 3 forms of leprosy : Tuberculoid Lepromatous Borderline . Symptoms : - one or more hypopigmented skin lesions/rashes that have lost the sensation to touch, pain or heat. - skin lesions/rashes that do not heal after several weeks to months. - muscle weakness.

98. Infolep Welcome to the home page of INFOLEP, the leprosy information servicesof the Netherlands leprosy Relief (NLR). Located in Amsterdam http://infolep.antenna.nl/

Welcome to the home page of INFOLEP, the leprosy information services of the Netherlands Leprosy Relief (NLR). Located in Amsterdam, INFOLEP functions as an information and documentation centre offering its services to all those who need information on leprosy in all its various aspects. Information can be provided free of charge for those working in leprosy endemic countries, though INFOLEP retains the right to judge each request as to its soundness and relevance. We hope that you find our services to your satisfaction. Comments are always welcome: infolep@leprastichting.nl For more information about leprosy, click here

99. Infolep: More About Leprosy How big is the leprosy problem. At this moment, leprosy is still oneof the major health problems in many developing countries. At http://infolep.antenna.nl/leprosy/howbig.html

How big is the leprosy problem At this moment, leprosy is still one of the major health problems in many developing countries. At the beginning of 1998 over 800,000 patients were registered, while in the year before almost 700,000 new cases were detected. It is estimated that in total there are over one million cases in the world, most of them in South-East Asia, Africa and Latin America. About 91 % of all cases can be found in only 8 countries: India, Madagascar, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Nepal and Nigeria. How big is the leprosy problem What is leprosy? How is leprosy spread and who gets leprosy? What are the signs and symptoms of leprosy? How to treat leprosy ... What everybody ought to know about leprosy

100. The Leprosy Mission http://www.leprosymission.org.nz/

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