01022nas a2200217   4500000000100000008004100001653001100042653001200053653001300065653001300078653001700091100001700108700001100125700001900136700001400155245007100169300001000240490000700250520053400257022001300791       2015                            d10aMiasma10aleprosy10aGenetics10aEtiology10aBacteriology1 aGrzybowski A1 aSak Ł1 aSuchodolska Ż1 aVirmond M00aLepra: Various etiologies from miasma to bacteriology and genetics  a3 - 70 v333 a<p>Leprosy is a chronic infectious disease caused by a close relative of Mycobacterium tuberculosis: Mycobacterium leprae. There have been various beliefs in its etiology with two main concepts emerging: anticontagion and contagion. From ancient times through the early Middle Ages, the miasmatic theory of leprosy was the main anticontagion view. The development of histopathologic and cytologic studies in the second half of the 19th century provided a starting point to explain the etiology of leprosy bacteriologically.</p>
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