Given the Assertion and Reason below, Choose one of the following responses $\begin{array}{1 1}\text{Assertion:Leprosy in an infectious disease.However,the babies separated from the leper parents early in life grow into normal,healthy persons.}\\\text{Reason:Infection of leprosy occurs by prolonged and close contact with leprosy patients.}\end{array}$

Question

$\begin{array}{1 1}(A)\;\text{Both assertion and reason are true and the reason is a correct explanation of the assertion}\\(B)\;\text{Both assertion and reason are true but reason is not a correct explanation of the assertion}\\(C)\;\text{Assertion is true but the reason is false}\\(D)\;\text{Both assertion and reason are false}\end{array} $