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Is leprosy sexually transmitted?

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Int J Lepr Other Mycobact Dis. 1990 Dec;58(4):660-5. Sexually transmitted diseases in leprosy patients in north and northeastern India. A futile search for human immunodeficiency virus antibody. Saha K(1), Chattopadhya D, Dash K, Saha U, Tyagi PK, Gupta MM, Paraashari A, Sharma AK. read more

" Factors that may influence the spread of disease include environmental conditions, a person's degree of susceptibility, and the extent of exposure. Scientists still do not completely understand how leprosy is transmitted. read more

You cannot get leprosy from a casual contact with a person who has Hansen’s disease like: Shaking hands or hugging; Sitting next to each other on the bus; Sitting together at a meal; Hansen’s disease is also not passed on from a mother to her unborn baby during pregnancy and it is also not spread through sexual contact. read more

Leprosy is not known to be either sexually transmitted or highly infectious. People are generally no longer infectious after the first month of standard multidrug therapy. Leprosy may also be transmitted to humans by armadillos. read more

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