Leprosy

URI(s)
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85076084
- info:lc/authorities/sh85076084
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/sh85076084#concept
Instance Of
Scheme Membership(s)
- Library of Congress Subject Headings
Collection Membership(s)
Variants
- Hanseniasis
- Hansen's disease
Broader Terms
- Mycobacterial diseases
Exact Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
Closely Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
- http://d-nb.info/gnd/4035392-8
Sources
- found: MESH (Leprosy x Hansen's Disease)
- found: Americana, 2000: v. 17, p. 245 (Leprosy: In 1874 the leprosy bacillus was discovered by the Norwegian physician Gerhard Hansen, and the disease is sometimes popularly known as Hansen's disease though the term is not used by physicians.) v. 13, p. 779 (Hansen's disease: a communicable bacterial disease better known as leprosy)
- found: Encarta world Eng. dict. (leprosy)
- found: Inter. dict. med. biol. (hanseniasis: a rarely used term for leprosy)
LC Classification
- QR201.L5
- RA644.L3
- RC154-RC154.9
Change Notes
- 2000-08-16: new
- 2000-10-04: revised

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