**12. Rehabilitation and social issues and future prospects**

In untreated individuals with leprosy, there are progressive, destructive and irreversible body impairments. Such deformities and ulcers are the consequence of the skin, muscle and nerve invasion.

Recent studies [15] suggest the role of PARK2 and *LACC1* as one of the major genetic factors involved in the pathogenesis of leprosy, thus implicating the necessity of further investigational studies.

*Pathogenic Bacteria*
