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Current knowledge of leprosy and role of nutrition in the management of leprosy.

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Supply of nutritious food to household is the most important factor in leprosy.

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Poverty is a major factor for nutritional deficiency of proteins, fruits and vegetables. Impaired immune response due to prolong nutritional deficiency develop clinical leprosy.

Dr Debprasad Chattopadhyay
ICMR VIRUS UNIT, Kolkata

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This page is a summary of: Diet and nutrition: An important risk factor in leprosy, Microbial Pathogenesis, December 2019, Elsevier,
DOI: 10.1016/j.micpath.2019.103714.
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