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  1. Leprosy or Hansen's disease is a chronic, 
  2. progressive disease caused by a bacterium 
  3. Mycobacterium leprae closely related to that 
  4. of tuberculosis. The infection attacks the 
  5. skin and nerves. 
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  7. Subject by: Stuart Dicker
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