- Hansen bacillus disease
- Han·sen bacillus, disease (hahnґsən) [Gerhard Henrik Armauer Hansen, Norwegian physician, 1841–1912] see Mycobacterium leprae and leprosy.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
Hansen bacillus disease
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