01425nas a2200289   4500000000100000008004100001260001700042653002600059653002600085653002600111653002600137653001100163653001900174653001200193653001200205653001800217653001300235100001800248700001200266245009500278856016500373300001000538490000700548050001700555520054900572022001401121       2013                            d  c2013 Jul-Sep10aHistory, 18th Century10aHistory, 19th Century10aHistory, 20th Century10aHistory, 21st Century10aHumans10aLeper Colonies10aleprosy10aReunion10aSocial stigma10aSulfones1 aGaüzère B A1 aAubry P00a[History of leprosy in Reunion Island from the beginning of the 18th century until today].  uhttp://www.jle.com/download/-10.1684_mst.2013.0239-histoire_de_la_lepre_a_la_reunion_du_debut_du_xviii_sup_e_sup_siecle_a_nos_jours-U8eVWn8AAQEAAGSZgx8AAAAI.pdf  a281-60 v23  aGAUZERE 20133 a<p>This article traces the history of leprosy in Reunion from the early eighteenth century, which long paralleled the slave trace. Lepers were confined to a lazaretto and treated with herbs. Father Raimbault, "doctor" and chaplain of the lepers in the middle of the twentieth century, is still honored today. The improvement in living standards and the use of sulfones finally resulted in the control of leprosy. Nonetheless, from 2005 to 2011, an average of three new cases per year were detected among a population of 800,000 inhabitants.</p>  a2261-2211