The bacteria do not grow in the industrial media or tissue, but grow in laboratory animals in the legs of the excess of mice and armadilla, and the duration of growth in animals 12-14 days
As for the spread of the disease in the world, the disease is not found in North Africa, America and Europe and the disease affects 10 million people in Asia, Africa and Latin America, and immigrants from Asia and Africa already infected with the disease has increased the prevalence of the disease in these countries, The pathways of infection are not known, but the disease is transmitted through the spread of droplets or sneezes from mucous nasal secretions in people with leprosy and throwing, and possible ways to enter the causative through small wounds in the skin or by tattoos and other ways of spreading About The capacity of some insects
Conclusion :
Leprosy is a contagious disease caused by leprosy mycobacteria. The disease may be transmitted by nasal spray or sneezing in some cases and in other cases directly through the skin. The incubation period ranges from two to seven years. The disease is divided into two parts: leprosy Leprosy and leprosy, both characterized by a rash, but leprosy is more severe, as it leads to thickening of the skin with bone fractures and facial deformities. The disease results in complications affecting the bone, nervous, eye and testicles in particular. , And its treatment is based on rifampicin.