so the bacteria could infiltrate the body and cause prominent physical deformities such as disfigured hands and feet.

Leprosy meanwhile generally doesn’t hit the headlines like TB, but despite being curable with antibiotic therapy still causes more than 200,000 infections every year, according to the World ...

Born in 1905, Ikoli Harcourt Whyte was diagnosed with leprosy as a teenager, at a time when there was no effective cure for the dreaded disease which usually leads to deformity of the hands and feet.

While leprosy is an ancient disease that often leads to disfiguring ... Most patients were men, a unilateral foot drop and ...

Leprosy remains rare in the United States ... If left untreated, they can paralyze the hands and feet.

Getty Images Leprosy can be cured but if nothing is done, it can cause severe damage to hands and feet Among other assistance, she provides them with special shoes, crutches, and wheelchairs.

The bacillus Calmette–Guérin (BCG) vaccine, initially developed to provide protection against TB, also protects against leprosy; and the magnitude of this effect varies. Previous meta-analyses ...