Posts Tagged ‘The disease and its classification’
Hansen’s Disease (Leprosy) – The disease and its classification (For professionals)
Thursday, June 10th, 2010The type of disease developed is partially linked to the HLA genes: HLA DR2 and HLA DR3 predispose to tuberculoid disease and HLA–Mt1 to lepromatous disease. Environmental factors such as poor nutrition and poor sanitation play a role through altered immunity in a yet ill-understood mechanism. Human disease results from formation of granulomas in the […]
