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Can leprosy be spread this way?
If a person with leprosy touched an object and it might have contained their cough/saliva, can touching that same object cause an infection? Does it require only a one time touch and through this enter the respiratory tract somehow and thereby causing an infection? Please help.
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Dr. Jolly Shah Kapadia
Dermatologist
25 yrs exp
Mumbai
Mycobacteria leprae do spread through air but they cannot survive long in outer atmosphere or fomites.
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