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“the biggest disease of our time is not leprosy or tuberculosis, but the feeling of
being unwanted”- Mother Teresa
April 6, 2010
Photo from the German Federal Archive, Bild 105-DOA0199
Leprosy
A Disease of the Forgotten
April 6, 2010 Meagan Davis
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Leprosy = Hansen’s Disease
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One of the world’s oldest infectious diseasesPhotos from http://www.bevscountrycottage.com/images/leper.jpg and
http://symptomsofleprosy.com/treatment-for-leprosy.php
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-Skin-Peripheral nerves-Eyes -Extremities-Respiratory mucosa
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Hansen’s Disease is a chronic disease affecting
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Leprosy is identified by skin lesions and progressive debilitation
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Photos from http://symptomsofleprosy.com/leprosy.php and http://www.asnom.org/image/421_lepre/IB071_lepre.jpg
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Forms of Leprosy
• Tuberculoid (75%)– Partial T-cell immunity– Paucibacillary
• Lepromatous– Little to no T-cell immunity– Multibacillary
April 6, 2010 Photo from http://pathmicro.med.sc.edu/Infectious%20Disease/MYCOBACTERIAL%20DISEASES.htm
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1873: Dr. Amauer Hansen of Norway
Microphotograph from CDC, US Government public domain, 1979) Public Health Image Library (PHIL) #2123 and photo from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Gerhard_Armauer_Hansen.jpg
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Mycobacterium leprae
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http://bioweb.uwlax.edu/bio203/s2008/jaedike_alic/scientificclassification.htm
Identical in appearance to M. tuberculosis
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Mycobacterium leprae
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1471987/figure/f2/:
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We can’t grow Mycobacteria leprae in the lab! We need
living cells…
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The Solution?
Armadillos, of course!April 6, 2010
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Mycobacterium leprae has affinity for
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1. Schwann cells
2. Macrophageshttp://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/histology/slide.php?image_name=myelin&slide_file=images/histology/nervous_tissue/display/schwann3.jpg&image_id=1058
http://www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/disease/leprosy/leprosy1.html
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April 6, 2010 How does Mycobacterium leprae target the peripheral nervous system?
Interaction with Schwann Cell
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Interaction with Macrophage
No phagocytosis!
Janeway, C., Travers, P., Walport, M., Shlomchik M. Immuno Biology: the immune system in health and disease. 6th Ed. 2005. New York: Garland Science Publishing.
http://newscenter.lbl.gov/wp-content/uploads/phagocytosis.jpg
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Genome
• Reductive evolution: pseudogenes
• Sequenced in 2001• Unique proteins• PARK2/PACRG
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Image from http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v409/n6823/full/4091007a0.html
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How infectious?
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Treatment• Completely CURABLE!• MDT (Multi-drug Treatment)
– Dapsone– Rifampicin– Clofazimine
April 6, 2010 http://www.searo.who.int/en/Section10/Section20/Section57_9882.htm
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History of Leprosy
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/27/science/27leprosy.html?_r=1&pagewanted=print
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Middle Ages
April 6, 2010 Photo from http://www.associatedcontent.com/image/625316/index.html?cat=70
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Leper Colonies
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http://irrevocable.wordpress.com/2009/02/
http://www.historycooperative.org/journals/jah/92.3/images/lechtreck_fig01b.jpg
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Curse!
Sexually Transmitted!
Hereditary!
a highly misunderstood disease
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April 6, 2010 WHO’s Leprosy Elimination ProjectWorld Health Organization
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A disease of poverty
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Why?
Photo from http://www.flickr.com/photos/medapt/408552571/
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“The biggest disease of our time is not
leprosy or tuberculosis, but the
feeling of being
unwanted”
- Mother TeresaPhoto from http://baba.niya.org/index.php?mact=Album,cntnt01,default,0&cntnt01albumid=1&cntnt01pictureid=10&cntnt01returnid=64
Quote from http://quotationsbook.com/quote/11148/
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Chacha, JJ. “Peripheral nervous system and grounds for the neural insult in leprosy.” An Bras Dermatol 84.5 (2009): 495-500.
Suzuki, Koichi. “Localization of CORO1A in the Macrophages Containing Mycobacterium leprae.” Acta Histochem Cytochem 39.4 (2006): 107-112.
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