@article{1503,
  keywords = {Hospital Bed Capacity, 300 to 499, Hospitals, Public, Humans, leprosy, Louisiana, Research, United States, United States Public Health Service},
  author = {Elwood J R},
  title = {Center provides research, treatment for Hansen's disease.},
  abstract = {<p>The National Hansen's Disease Center is a unique research, training, and treatment complex at Carville, LA, for Hansen's disease (leprosy), a chronic illness affecting an estimated 15 million people worldwide. The Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul helped establish it in 1896, and in 1921 the center became a federally funded institution. SUlfone drug treatment, a major advance, was begun there. Scientists at Carville study the disease's unknown mode of transmission; training administrators conduct learning seminars; and laboratory researchers produce bacteria samples to be distributed as possible vaccines. Some patients receive treatment and leave, whereas others reside at the self-contained community. Reconstructive surgery is performed there, and special footwear is made. Some patients work on The Star, a magazine dedicated to correcting misconceptions about the disease and its communicability. The center includes a school and a pool and golf course. Hansen's disease care programs are available in many states and are expanding to other areas.</p>},
  year = {1984},
  journal = {Health progress (Saint Louis, Mo.)},
  volume = {65},
  pages = {46-7, 51},
  month = {1984 Dec},
  issn = {0882-1577},
  language = {eng},
}