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• n  chronic granulomatous communicable disease occurring in tropical and subtropical regions; characterized by inflamed nodules beneath the skin and wasting of body parts; caused by the bacillus Mycobacterium leprae

• The inspection cruise through the Philippine leprosaria (Culion, Iloilo, Cebu, Legaspi) which 25 world-famed leprosy experts pursued last week served to remind Society that: 1 .
• Leprologists rejoiced to learn last week that the leprosy germ has at last and repeatedly been grown in laboratory dishes.
• The known cases of leprosy have increased sharply in recent years.

• Hansen's disease

News & Articles

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• A journey filled with hope
  St. Francis of Assisi did not embrace the radical call to conversion until he found Christian hope in his physical embrace of a person with leprosy. In the face of the extreme suffering of the untouchable person, St.
  Aug. 4, 2013 - Juneau Empire

Quotes

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• Barack Obama in Reuters Blogs (blog)
  I recall many stories from my youth about his tireless work there to care for those suffering from leprosy who had been cast out,said Obama, a Hawaii native, in a statement on Father Damien's upcoming canonization.
• Bob Brown in The Age
  It may be right, it may not,Senator Brown said. "It needs investigation. If within the indigenous community there is a feeling that children may have been experimented upon for a treatment for leprosy or anything else, the air needs to be...
• Pope Benedict XVI in USA Today
  Leprosy is a symptom of a more serious and vaster ill, which is poverty,Benedict told pilgrims, tourists and a group of Italian Catholic children in the square. "For this reason, following in the wake of my predecessors, I renew the appeal...