Leprosy Flashcards
_____ in Norway discovered the causative agent of leprosy, ______.
G.H.A. Hansen
Mycobacterium leprae
This was the first bacterium to be identified as causing disease in humans.
Mycobacterium leprae
LEPROSY is A disease also tagged “_______ DISEASE”.
HANSEN’S
Leprosy, a (acute or chronic?) , neurological human disease, results from infection with the obligate intracellular pathogen,________ , a close relative of the ________.
Chronic
Mycobacterium leprae
tubercle bacillus
_________ has the longest doubling time of all known bacteria
M. leprae
M. leprae has never been cultured in the laboratory.
T/F
T
________ are the most common host of this leprosy pathogen.
Armadillos
Leprosy seems to have originated in __________ and spread with successive human migrations.
Eastern Africa or the Near East
In Europe, leprosy first appeared in the records of ancient Greece after ______________________ and then in Rome in 62 B.C. coinciding with the _____________ from Asia Minor.
the army of Alexander the Great came back from India
return of Pompeii’s troops
LEPROSY from an epidemiological point of view is characterized by its (high or low?) infectivity and (high or low?) pathogenicity
High
Low
about 95% of the population – are naturally immune.
T/F
T
Leprosy has a short incubation period
T/F
F
Prolonged
Leprosy has low tendency for spontaneous healing
T/F
F
High
In addition, men are twice as likely to contract leprosy as women
T/F
T
On average, the leprosy disease incubation period is _____ but symptoms may occur within _____. It can also take as long as ______ or even more
5 years
1 year
20 years
