Understanding Leprosy on World Leprosy Day
Summary
In addition to human reservoirs, leprosy has been found in armadillos, wild chimpanzees, mangabey monkeys, and British red squirrels. The countries reporting most leprosy cases are India, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, The Central African Republic, Mozambique, Brazil, and French Guiana. Available: https://www.cdc.gov/leprosy/transmission/ [4] D Blok, S de Vlas, E Fischer, and J Richardus, “Mathematical modeling of leprosy and its control”, Adv Parasitol, vol. Available: 10.1016/bs.apar.2014.12.002 [5] K Ukwaja, “Interactions between leprosy and human immunodeficiency virus: More questions than answers”, J Neurosci Rural Pract, vol. Available: 10.4103/0976-3147.150291 [7] N Mahendra, R Yaduvanshi, C Sharma, R Ali, P Rathore, and A Kuchhal, “Psychiatric Co-morbidity in Patients of Hansen’s Disease”, International Journal of Contemporary Medical Research, vol.