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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: João André Alves Silva, M.D. [2]

Overview

There is no secondary prevention of leprosy available because it is not possible to know if contact with leprosy will lead to the development of the disease, until first symptoms appear.

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 ==Overview==
-Unfortunately today it is not available a test to identify if a person was [[infected]] by [Mycobacterium leprae]] until the first [[symptoms]] start to appear. However, [[primary prevention|primary]] and [[tertiary prevention]] are two ways of [[prevention|preventing]] being [[infected]] with the [[disease]], as well as minimizing damage caused in patients with this condition.
+There is no [[secondary prevention]] of leprosy available because it is not possible to know if contact with leprosy will lead to the development of the disease, until first [[symptoms]] appear.
-==Secondary Prevention==
-Attending to the long and variable period of time, between the first contact with the [[mycobacterium leprae|mycobacteria]] and when [[symptoms]] start to develop, it is not possible to determine if a person has been [[infected]] by a contact with a patient who has the active form of the disease, nor a specific time for the first [[symptoms]] to appear.
-The [[prevention]] of being [[infected]] by the [[bacillus]], will then have to be focused on the [[Leprosy primary prevention|primary prevention]], with measures such as avoidance of contact with patients with the disease, as well as [[tertiary prevention]], with measures such as education of the populations on how to deal with their [[lesions]], and to identify early [[signs]] that should prompt them to seek medical attention.
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Leprosy secondary prevention: Difference between revisions

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