Introduction
The simple utterance of the
world leprosy strikes a multitude of emotions into the hearts and
imaginations of everyday people, even in our modern, progressive world. Fear
and stigma continues to be a major challenge for those with Hansen’s
Disease, despite advances in multi-drug treatment and understanding the
molecular basis of the disease. It could be argued, however, that leprosy is
still not well understood; indeed, leprosy’s gradual elimination from the
global has done little to shed the mystique and quiet awe mankind holds this
ancient pestilence. This website hopes to give the reader a visually oriented
text to learn about all aspects of this disease.
Please use the sidebar to your left to navigate the
website.
Last Updated: May 22nd 2006
Student
project by:
Mark Liao, Class of 2007, markliao@stanford.edu
A
project of:
Parasites
& Pestilence: Infectious Public Health Challenges
Prof. D. Scott Smith, ssmith@stanford.edu