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RRB NTPC · Question 2

Leprosy is also known as

  1. Angina
  2. Hansen’s disease
  3. Gaucher disease
  4. Hodgkin disease
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Answer: (B) Hansen’s disease

Explanation

Leprosy is called Hansen's disease after Gerhard Hansen, who identified its cause, the bacterium Mycobacterium leprae.