Lepra may refer to:
Daniel Cornelius Danielssen was a Norwegian physician. He was most noted for his research regarding the causes and treatment of leprosy.
Lepra is a UK-based international charity established on January 31st, 1924, working to diagnose, treat, and rehabilitate people with leprosy. Lepra currently works in India, Bangladesh and Zimbabwe.
Jacobo Hunter District is one of the 29 districts of the Arequipa Province in Peru.
Karl Gottfried Konstantin Dehio was a Baltic German internist and professor of pathology.
Jorge Alberto Lepra Loiodice was a Uruguayan diplomat and politician.
Heráclides César de Souza Araújo was a Brazilian scientist known for his research into the control and treatment of leprosy. He served on the World Health Organization (WHO) Expert Panel on Leprosy and on the council of the International Leprosy Association, and received national honours in recognition of his work.
Türkan Saylan was a Turkish medical doctor in dermatology, academic, writer, teacher and social activist. She was famous for fighting leprosy, and for founding a charitable foundation called "Association for the Support of Contemporary Living".
Professor Jacob Sheskin, sometimes known as Sheskin Jacob was an Israeli physician best known for his 1964 serendipitous discovery that thalidomide can be used as a treatment for leprosy at Hadassah University in Jerusalem.
Lucio's phenomenon is an unusual reaction seen almost exclusively in patients from the Caribbean and Mexico with diffuse lepromatous leprosy, especially in untreated cases. It is characterised by recurrent crops of large, sharply demarcated, ulcerative lesions, affecting mainly the lower extremities, but may generalise and become fatal as a result of secondary bacterial infection and sepsis.
Indira Nath was an Indian immunologist. Her major contribution in medical science deals with mechanisms underlying immune unresponsiveness in man, reactions and nerve damage in leprosy and a search for markers for viability of the Leprosy bacillus. Prof. Nath's fields of specialisations are Immunology, Pathology, Medical biotechnology and communicable diseases.
Donovan's solution is an inorganic compound prepared from arsenic triiodide and mercuric iodide. Despite its name, it is a compound and not a solution.
La'Mule was a Japanese visual kei rock band formed in 1996. The band became known for its distinctive visual style, featuring blood and bandages.
Jal Minocher Mehta was a Parsi Indian surgeon, social worker and philanthropist, known for his services for the rehabilitation of people afflicted with leprosy. He was the president of Pune District Leprosy Committee and was involved in organizing self help groups of the leprosy patients and in creating social awareness about the disease through documentaries. He chaired the Serum Institute of India (SIIL) and sat in the Advisory Boards of Pharmabiz, Chronicle Pharmabiz and the Vienna Karl Landsteiner Institute. His efforts towards the Leprosy eradication program included the management of a Leprosy Hospital and a Rehabilitation Centre in Pune. The Government of India awarded him the third highest civilian honour of the Padma Bhushan, in 1982, for his contributions to medical science. He died on 13 October 2001, succumbing to a cerebral hemorrhage at Pune, survived by his wife, Mehru, a medical doctor and cancer surgeon; their only son, Minoo, had predeceased Jal Mehta, caught in an avalanche in the Himalayas earlier.
Joaquín Mattalia is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Sarmiento.
Lautaro Disanto is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a forward for Independiente Rivadavia.
Nicolás Gabriel Quiroga is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Independiente Rivadavia.
The Law Enforcement Act 2002 (LEPRA) is a NSW piece of legislation which governs the exercise of specific police powers. The Act contains 19 parts which either reinforce the common law, relocate existing sections from other Acts or establish new powers and safeguards. Since its implementation, LEPRA has been subject to many amendments, but the majority of critical legal discussion has concerned those that occurred in 2009, 2013 and 2014. In the media, there has been controversy surrounding LEPRA provisions relating to the power of police to conduct searches, as well as what constitutes reasonable use of force.
Matías Raúl Villarreal is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Aldosivi.
Renzo Mariano Malanca is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Independiente Rivadavia.
Lepra is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Pertusariaceae. Although the genus was created in 1777, it was not regularly used until it was resurrected in 2016 following molecular phylogenetic analyses. It has more than 80 species.