Lepra Animale
Lepra sau boala hansen este o boala infectioasa grava cunoscuta din antichitate provocata de mycobacterium leprae sau mycobacterium lepromatosis.
Lepra animale. La mayoria de casos se presentan en el sur california hawaii y las islas de ese pais y guam. Leprae is an aerobic bacillus rod shaped bacterium with parallel sides and round ends surrounded by the characteristic waxy coating unique to mycobacteria. Besides humans the only animals known to develop leprosy in nature are new world armadillos and african primates.
En los estados unidos se diagnostican aproximadamente 100 casos cada ano. In 2011 the new england journal of medicine published an article formally linking the creature to human leprosy. Principalele forme ale bolii se bazeaza pe numarul de bacterii prezente.
La lepra es comun en muchos paises del mundo y en los climas templados tropicales y subtropicales. It is an intracellular pleomorphic acid fast pathogenic bacterium.