Cases of leprosy have increased in Florida and the southeastern United States over the last decade, according to a new report. Leprosy, officially called Hansen’s disease, is a rare type of bacterial infection that attacks the nerves and can cause swel
The article focuses on the increasing prevalence of leprosy (Hansen disease) in Florida, particularly among individuals lacking typical risk factors, as reported in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) journal Emerging Infectious Diseases.Harris, Emily...
In recent weeks, you may have seen alarming headlines about howleprosy might become “endemic” in Florida. As a physician in Florida who specializes in treating leprosy, also known as Hansen’s disease, this case report was not “news” to us in the field: We have known for some time a...
A prospective (sero)epidemiological study on contact transmission and chemoprophylaxis in leprosy This project is a randomised controlled trial to study the effectiveness of chemoprophylactic treatment with rifampicin in contacts, as a tool to control l... L Oskam - Trans. Am. Nucl. Soc.; (...
“Whereas leprosy in the United States previously affected persons who had immigrated from leprosy-endemic areas, [about] 34 [percent] of new case patients during 2015–20 appeared to have locally acquired the disease,” the CDC reported. Leprosy occurs when the bacteria Mycobacterium leprae ...
FLORIDAHANSEN'S diseaseCONTACT tracingFlorida, USA, has witnessed an increased incidence of leprosy cases lacking traditional risk factors. Those trends, in addition to decreasing diagnoses in foreign -born persons, contribute to rising evidence that leprosy has become endemic in the southeastern United...