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How do the characters react to the man with leprosy in the journey to the centre of the earth

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Leprosy, or Hansen's disease, is a chronic, infectious disease caused by the Mycobacterium leprae, which has been associated throughout its history with extreme prejudice, fear, and revulsion. Through the passage of time, the disease has spread globally to affect nearly all regions of the earth. It remains one of the leading causes of deformity and physical disability from a communicable disease, affecting millions of individuals worldwide, despite evidence that suggests more than 95% of the world's population has natural resistance to development of the disease.1,2

In addition to the disease's physical effects, patients historically have suffered severe social stigma and ostracism from their families, communities, and even health professionals to such an overwhelming extent that leprosy has been known as “the death before death” since ancient times.3 Although much remains unknown about the disease transmission and pathogenesis, tremendous advances have occurred in the understanding and treatment of the disease. In the past two decades, the marked success of combined efforts from the World Health Organization (WHO), local governments, health professionals, and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) in identifying patients with leprosy and providing effective treatment to them has resulted in an almost 90% reduction in the global prevalence of leprosy.1 This statistic has generated substantial hope that success can be achieved in alleviating the effects that this ancient disease has had on millions of patients and raising the possibility that the disease can be eliminated in the near future.

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