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Leprosy â tzaâraâat â leprosy, stinging hornets. Around the late 1940âs and early 1950âs a number of rabbis took a close look at the Hebrew word that we translate as leprosy (tzaâraâat) and decided that leprosy was not a good English word to use here.Leprosy as we know it today, just does not fit the Biblical description of leprosy.round the late 1940âs and early 1950âs a number of rabbis took a close look at the Hebrew word that we translate as leprosy (tzaâraâat) and decided that leprosy was not a good English word to use here. Leprosy as we know it today, just does not fit the Biblical description of leprosy.
Leprosy is a chronic infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium leprae, an acid-fast, rod-shaped bacillus. The disease mainly affects the skin, the peripheral nerves, mucosa of the upper respiratory tract and also the eyes.Leprosy is curable and treatment provided in the early stages averts disability.ey facts. 1  Leprosy is a chronic disease caused by a slow multiplying bacillus, Mycobacterium leprae. 2  M. leprae multiplies slowly and the incubation period of the disease is about 5 years. 3  Symptoms can take as long as 20 years to appear.