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How do people get leprosy since it’s not contagious as once thought?
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Leprosy (actually known as Hansen’s disease) is contagious, but very mildly so. No one knows how a person contacts Hansen’s disease, but it is thought to be contacted through nasal droplets (like the cold or the flu) A very few other animals can have leprosy. Among them are the armadillo. By the way, Hansen’s disease is easily treatable. Most people that were in Leper’s colonies actually had syphilis, which is more contagious (but only transmissible sexually.)
Wikipedia: Leprosy article
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