00996nas a2200241   4500000000100000008004100001260000900042653001100051653001100062653001200073653000900085653001400094653002600108653001700134100001400151700001400165700001300179700001100192245009800203300001100301490000700312520043500319       1987                            d  c198710aFemale10aHumans10aleprosy10aMale10aPolynesia10aRetrospective Studies10aTime Factors1 aLouis F J1 aLouis J P1 aSchill H1 aParc F00a[The last offensive of leprosy in the South Pacific Ocean: the epidemic on Rapa (1922-1950)].  a306-190 v803 a<p>The observations of leprosy outbreaks are exceptional and always situated in isolated countries. The authors give the example of Rapa, small island in French Polynesia, where an epidemic has occurred from 1922 to 1950. They made the study of the different parameters by retrospective methods and fieldwork. After an 11% incidence rate and an 68% prevalence rate, the outbreak seems today off. Now leprosy is endemosporadic.</p>