Mondo Description Leprosy is a chronic infectious disease affecting primarily the skin and peripheral nervous system.
Disease Ontology Description A primary bacterial infectious disease that results_in infection located_in superficial peripheral nerves, located_in skin, located_in mucous membranes of the upper respiratory tract, located_in anterior chamber of the eyes, or located_in testes, has_material_basis_in Mycobacterium leprae, which is transmitted_by aerosol spread from infected nasal secretions to exposed nasal and oral mucosa. The infection has_symptom skin lesions, has_symptom sensory loss, has_symptom motor loss and has_symptom eye damage.
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This disease has been annotated by GARD as a rare disease.
Description from Mondo Disease Ontology.
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DataSources which have contributed target associations to this disease, and the identifiers by which the disease is referenced.
COHD:432821
DOID:1024
EFO:0001054
GARD:0006886
ICD10:A30
ICD9:030.9
MESH:D007918
NCIT:C84824
Orphanet:548
SCTID:81004002
UMLS:C0023343
MONDO:0005124
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