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NAL Agricultural Thesaurus
U.S. Department of Agriculture

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Fields of Study > animal and human health > diseases and disorders (animals and humans) > infectious diseases and infestations > infectious diseases > bacterial infections > mycobacterial diseases > leprosy > multibacillary leprosy
Animals, Livestock, One Health > animal and human health > diseases and disorders (animals and humans) > infectious diseases and infestations > infectious diseases > bacterial infections > mycobacterial diseases > leprosy > multibacillary leprosy
Preferred Term:

multibacillary leprosy

Definition:
A form of leprosy classified by the World Health Organization for the purpose of treatment, based on clinical manifestations and skin smear results. Patients with multibacillary leprosy have six or more lesions with or without positive skin smear results for the causative agent Mycobacterium leprae. Multibacillary leprosy encompasses borderline lepromatous, midborderline, and lepromatous leprosy.
Concept Schemes:
NALT Full
NALT Core
Broader Concept:
leprosy
Narrower Concepts:
Entry Terms:
  • midborderline lepromatous
  • borderline lepromatous
URI:
https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/133049
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