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Breve historico da hanseníase: Diagnóstico e tratamento

Abstract
Even though it was part of human suffering since antiquity, leprosy had its etiological identity discovered only at the end of the 19th century, when the Norwegian physician Gerhard Henrik Armauer Hansen, when analyzing material of cutaneous lesions, discovered the causative bacillus belonging to the genus of mycobacteria . It is considered an infectious-contagious disease with predilection for the cells forming the myelin sheath and skin. It is transmitted through the upper airways and through direct contact of the untreated carriers with their communicants, the indicated therapeutic schemes have been successful in curing the disease. The present study highlights as a general objective a brief history of leprosy, with emphasis on diagnosis and treatment in the last decades in Brazil. The methodology used to prepare this study was a random survey of articles related to the selected theme in physical and virtual libraries. This review sought to recover a brief history of leprosy, with a view to clinical manifestations, diagnosis and treatment.

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