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Can leprosy mutate into a deadlier disease, resisitant to current vaccines?

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Why do you ask?: http://www.deccanchronicle.com/130920/news-current-affairs/article/mutation-increasing-leprosy-risk-found "the precise mechanism of transmission of mycobacterium leprae is unknown. No highly effective vaccine has yet been developed, " www.Ncbi.Nlm.Nih.Gov/pmc/articles/pmc1471987/ hope these websites help.

Answered 12/27/2013

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

BCG has been used : in attempts to vaccinate against leprosy but isn't that effective. More specific vaccines are in development. At this point, leprosy has consistently responded to multi-drug therapy which for multibacillary leprosy is usually Dapsone, Rifampicin & Clorazime. Other antibiotics can be used. This is one of the oldest diseases known to mankind and appears to remain steady in it's form.

Answered 10/15/2014

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