leprosy

chronic infection caused by bacteria Mycobacterium leprae
MedicalCondition class_of_disease Q36956
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leprosy

Summary

leprosy is a class of disease[1]. leprosy ranks in the top 0.1% of class_of_disease entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (81,766 views/month, #2 of 1,968).[2]

Key Facts

  • leprosy's instance of is recorded as class of disease[3].
  • Gerhard Armauer Hansen is named after leprosy[4].
  • leprosy is a type of primary bacterial infectious disease[5].
  • leprosy is a type of mycobacterium infectious disease[6].
  • leprosy is a type of eye disease[7].
  • leprosy is a type of peripheral neuropathy[8].
  • leprosy is a type of testicular disease[9].
  • leprosy is a type of upper respiratory tract disease[10].
  • leprosy is a type of neglected tropical disease[11].
  • leprosy is a type of infectious disease[12].
  • leprosy's Commons category is recorded as Leprosy[13].
  • leprosy's symptoms and signs is recorded as polyneuropathy[14].
  • leprosy's symptoms and signs is recorded as hypoesthesia[15].
  • leprosy's symptoms and signs is recorded as depigmentation[16].
  • leprosy's symptoms and signs is recorded as paresthesia[17].
  • leprosy's symptoms and signs is recorded as muscle atrophy[18].
  • leprosy's symptoms and signs is recorded as contracture[19].
  • leprosy's symptoms and signs is recorded as mutilation[20].
  • leprosy's symptoms and signs is recorded as lagophthalmos[21].
  • leprosy's symptoms and signs is recorded as keratitis[22].
  • leprosy's symptoms and signs is recorded as nasal septal perforation[23].
  • leprosy's symptoms and signs is recorded as nosebleed[24].
  • leprosy's symptoms and signs is recorded as dystrophy[25].
  • leprosy's has cause is recorded as Mycobacterium leprae[26].
  • leprosy's has cause is recorded as Mycobacterium lepromatosis[27].

Why It Matters

leprosy ranks in the top 0.1% of class_of_disease entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (81,766 views/month, #2 of 1,968).[2] leprosy has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] leprosy is known by 119 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 13d ago · Charp238 · 2026-09-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14483 → l/leprosario-y-caridad
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P14483]]: l/leprosario-y-caridad"
  2. 10w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority id → Abgeurteilter
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P11493]]: Q320420, Import ID Biblissima V3 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/a6710164cdc|details]])"
  3. 10w ago · OBender12 · 2026-07-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Jewish encyclopedia id → 9774
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P8590]]: 9774, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/167481365|LEPROSY (#167481365)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/6351|Jewish Encyclopedia]] #mix'"
  4. 12w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 2U6ThF
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  5. 12w ago · ~2026-37145-11 · 2026-07-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Great norwegian encyclopedia id → spedalskhet
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P4342]]: spedalskhet"
  6. 13w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → class of disease
    Subclass of → primary bacterial infectious disease, mycobacterium infectious disease, eye disease +5
    Harper's tag → leprosy
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: leprosy, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289947789|leprosy (#289947789)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n'm"
  7. 13w ago · JhealdBatch bot · 2026-07-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → primary bacterial infectious disease, mycobacterium infectious disease, eye disease +5
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/39732|batch #39732]]: rm redundant subclass"
  8. 16w ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0237679-lepra
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: 0237679-lepra, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259599|batch #259599]]"
  9. 19w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Minimal incubation period in humans → {'amount': '+1'}
    Possible treatment → pharmacotherapy
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → —
    + 19 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|6 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 16165, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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