Retrospective Analysis Of Leprosy The Last Five Year Trend At All Africa Leprosy And Tuberculosis Research And Rehablitation Center Addis Ababa Ethiopia.

Leprosy (Hansen’s disease) is chronic progressive bacterial infection caused by Mycobacterium leprae. It primarily affects the nerves of the extremities, the skin, the lining of the nose, and the upper respiratory tract. Leprosy produces skin sores, nerve damage, and muscle weakness. If it isn’t treated, it can cause severe disfigurement and significant disability. Hansen’s discovery of Mycobacterium leprae proved that leprosy was caused by a germ, and was thus not hereditary, from a curse, or from a sin. Researchers suggest that M. leprae are spread person to person by nasal secretions or droplets. However, the disease is not highly contagious like the flu. They speculate that infected droplets reach other peoples' nasal passages. The incubation period of M. leprae ranges from 9 months to 20 years. The main objective of this study was to investigate the overall trends of leprosy at ALERT center in the past 5 years from 2015- 2019. The sample size for this study was all medical records of leprosy patients in the registry unit of the hospital between 2015 and 2019. A cross sectional retrospective medical record review was used to gather the data from September 2, 2015 to April 5, 2019.The data was analyzed by using SPSS statistical package version 25 software. Using descriptive statistics such as chi-square test and p-value 45 and

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