Florida, 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 States. Travel to Florida should be considered when conducting leprosy contact tracing in any state.
BT - Emerging Infectious Diseases DO - 10.3201/eid2908.220367 IS - 8 LA - Eng M3 - Research Letter N2 -Florida, 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 States. Travel to Florida should be considered when conducting leprosy contact tracing in any state.
PB - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) PY - 2023 T2 - Emerging Infectious Diseases TI - Case Report of Leprosy in Central Florida, USA, 2022 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/29/8/pdfs/22-0367.pdf VL - 29 SN - 1080-6040, 1080-6059 ER -