CDC report indicates leprosy is potentially endemic in Florida
Health care professionals are being advised to consider leprosy as a possible diagnosis for patients who have visited Central Florida.
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Health care professionals are being advised to consider leprosy as a possible diagnosis for patients who have visited Central Florida.
Cases of leprosy have recently spiked in the southern U.S., and the CDC has released warnings for people traveling to Florida.
Hawaii still records new cases of Hansen’s disease every year, but the numbers have remained steady, according to health officials.
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Rising evidence is pointing to the possibility that leprosy has become endemic in the southeastern U.S. with central Florida a hotspot.