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Leprosy is a non-hereditary disease, wherein the virus attacks the skin and the nervous system. Doctor Gerhard Armauer Hansen from Norway discovered the leprosy bacterium (mycobacterium leprae) in 1872. The culture of this virus in culture medium has not been successful to date; therefore, there is also no vaccine against leprosy.
