In this proof-of-concept study, bedaquiline therapy cleared Mycobacterium leprae by four weeks of treatment in patients with ...

Nigeria to Receive Leprosy Drugs After a Year-Long Delay By Ope Adetayo and Jennifer Rigby NASARAWA, Nigeria (Reuters) -The World Health Organization says it will send leprosy drugs to Nigeria ...

The bacillus Calmette–Guérin (BCG) vaccine, initially developed to provide protection against TB, also protects against leprosy; and the magnitude of this effect varies. Previous meta-analyses ...