/oss/taxonomy/term/5765/all en /oss/article/health-and-nutrition-history/leprosy-and-its-stigma-are-both-curable <p>How is an infectious agent transmitted? How does it jump from person to person and sometimes from animal to person? We can breathe it in or swallow it. We can get bitten or scratched, or rub abraded skin against an infected person, or touch a contaminated surface and carry the germ to our face. Figuring out exactly how an infectious agent is transmitted is not always easy. After thousands of years of coming into contact with it, we are still not 100% sure how leprosy is transmitted.</p> Sat, 06 Nov 2021 08:00:00 +0000 Jonathan Jarry M.Sc. 8916 at /oss