PDF-NC Communicable Disease ManualDisease Notes Leprosy LEPROSY HANSEN

. Communicable diseases and the associated risk fac tors can be grouped as follows Waterborne diseases Lack of access to safe water and inadequate sanitation facilities transmission of waterborne and foodborne pathogens Diarrhoeal diseases such as cho Leprosy Defeated;. Lives Transformed. Leprosy – Ancient History?. 600 – 700 new cases every day. One every 2 minutes. At least 4 million people already disabled. Leprosy . is. a 21. st. century disease. Terry is one of Australia's most experienced and consummate comedy comperes. He was regular MC at the Original and the Sydney Comedy Store. Terry has also hosted events for most major Australian companies locally and in Australia, and from Singapore to Spain and the Philippines to Hawaii. . Hansen’s . Disease). Leprosy is a widely misunderstood disease. Patients were forced to live in seclusion in leper colonies until the 1940’s. In 1873, Dr. Gerhard Hansen of Norway identified the germ that causes leprosy: Mycobacterium Leprae. Leprosy is also commonly called Hansen’s Disease, after G.H. Armauer Hansen who discovered the cause of the disease in 1873. . The disease is caused by the bacteria . Mycobacterium leprae . or . M. lepromatosis . DISTINGUISHING FEATURES OF THE CLASS Under general direction of the Deputy Commissioner of Health an incumbent of this class has responsibility for dealing with the control of tuberculosis and othe th. Edition . A Global Perspective. Roger Webber. Chapter 6: . Classification of Communicable Diseases. Communicable diseases are grouped into their main methods of transmission, enabling common control methods to be applied.. Leprosy is a . chronic disease . of the nervous system which affects the skin and nerves caused by a bacteria known as . Mycobacterium Leprae. .. The organism was discovered by . Gerhard Armauer Hansen. - 73) REVISION — JULY 2018 PART IV: Acute Communicable Diseases LEPROSY (HANSEN DISEASE) — page 1 LEPROSY (Hansen Disease) 1. Agent : Mycobacterium leprae , an acid - fast, gram - positive baci ion on Hansen’s disease? Your health care provider Your local health department NJ Department of Health http://www.nj.gov/health Centers for Disease Control & Prevention http://www.cdc.gov This i page 2EPROSY (ANSEN’S DISEASE)atient nformation Fact heet(Rifadin), clofazimine (Lamprene), ooxacin (Floxin), and minocycline (Dynacin, Minocin, Myrac) for 6 to 12 months. e inamma Leprosy is caused by a bacterium called Mycobacterium leprae Leprosy is a bacterial disease of the skin and nerves, which can progress to involve internal organs if it is not treated. In some forms Woodall P, Scollard DM, Rajan L. Hansen Disease among Micronesian and Marshallese Persons Living in the United States. Emerg Infect Dis. 2011;17(7):1202-1208. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1707.102036. Let’s See If you can guess…. There are 2 Diseases with definitions on your table, one-by-one I will call you up and tell you “Yes” or “No”, the “Yes” group goes to one side of the room and the “No” group to the other. .