01253nas a2200325   4500000000100000008004100001260001600042653001900058653002100077653001100098653001200109653000900121653002500130653001800155653003000173653003600203653000900239100001000248700001600258700001600274700001400290700001000304700001200314245005800326856010600384300001200490490000700502520040400509022001400913       2008                            d  c2008 Mar 1510aDNA, Bacterial10aEndemic Diseases10aHumans10aleprosy10aMale10aMycobacterium leprae10aNew York City10apolymerase chain reaction10aPolymorphism, Single Nucleotide10aSkin1 aKeo T1 aMartiniuk F1 aLatkowski J1 aCabrera A1 aRom W1 aLevis W00aMolecular origin of endemic leprosy in New York City.  uhttp://cid.oxfordjournals.org/content/46/6/899.full.pdf+html?sid=64d8458a-d31d-4e85-a05a-5e5d1a69b0d4  a899-9010 v463 a<p>We report an indigenous case of leprosy in New York City in an immunocompetent patient who was infected with a Mycobacterium leprae genotype that is consistent with an exogenous origin. Physicians in the eastern United States should be alerted that, although most patients who develop leprosy in the United States are foreign born, native-born Americans are also susceptible to the infection.</p>  a1537-6591