Bacteria from the same group also cause tuberculosis
and leprosy M. tuberculosis and M. Leprae, respectively.
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Medical textbooks today define leprosy in precise terms;
the scientific name for the microbe involved is Mycobacterium Leprae.
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Leprosy is also known as Hansen's disease as the Norwegian physician,
Gerhard Henrik Armauer Hansen discovered the bacteria'Mycobacterium Leprae'(M. Leprae) in the year 1873.
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Two exit routes of M. Leprae from the human body often described are the skin
and the nasal mucosa, although their relative importance is not clear.
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Others believe that the leprosy referred to in the Bible describes a range of diseases, which may or
may not include the disease caused by M. Leprae.