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Leprosy in pregnancy, years after the eradication era

Hansen disease or commonly known as leprosy, is a chronic bacterial infection caused Mycobacterium leprae. It affects skin, peripheral nerves and mucosa of the upper respiratory tract and eyes. Although Hansen’s disease was eliminated as a public health problem globally in the year 2000 and in India by 2005 the reduction in number of new cases has been gradual with more than 10,000 cases being reported from countries like India, Brazil and Indonesia as per data reported in 2023. The true incidence of leprosy in pregnancy is not well reported in the post-eradication era. We report a case of leprosy first detected in pregnancy.