That long incubation period gave the bacteria that causes leprosy, Mycobacterium leprae, lots of time to spread through his body. His right leg was amputated in 1980 in Zimbabwe's capital Harare.

Leprosy, in general, requires a long incubation period. It is more easily caught by children. Other persons at higher risk include those who are in close and prolonged contact with leprosy victims ...

Leprosy is beginning to occur regularly within ... long as 20 years because the infectious bacteria have a lengthy incubation period and proliferate slowly in the human body.

While DeSantis can be blamed for many things, leprosy is not one of them. The bacteria grow so slowly that the incubation period can be several years. Any patient diagnosed today was likely ...

Leprosy, however, has a long incubation period ranging from five to 20 years — making it difficult to detect and isolate newly infected cases immediately. What are the treatment options?

First, leprosy is rare in the US ... If an infection establishes, it develops slowly, often with an incubation period of three to five years, though it can be as long as two decades.

However, there is some uncertainty on whether these outcomes also apply to settings where leprosy is rare, with international guidelines being less consistent. The incubation period for leprosy is ...

Leprosy is caused by two different but similar ... long as 20 years because the infectious bacteria have a lengthy incubation period and proliferate slowly in the human body.

Leprosy is suspected to develop after a long period of latency following infection with M. leprae, but definitive proof is lacking. There is no definitive method that can be used to prove the ...