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Use profile · Skin, wounds & external care

Leprosy

A primary bacterial infectious disease that results_in infection located_in superficial peripheral nerves, located_in skin, located_in mucous membranes of the upper respiratory tract, located_in anterior chamber of the eyes, or located_in testes, has_material_basis_in Mycobacterium leprae, which is transmitted_by aerosol spread from infected nasal secretions to exposed nasal and oral mucosa. The infection has_symptom skin lesions, has_symptom sensory loss, has_symptom motor loss and has_symptom eye damage.

Condition Or SymptomDOID:1024Traditional documentation
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What the index means by Leprosy.

The database says that a source associated a plant with the label “Leprosy”. It does not show that the source used modern diagnostic criteria or that the plant was effective.

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196plant associations for Leprosy
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