01088nas a2200253   4500000000100000008004100001260001300042653001000055653003100065653001100096653001200107653000900119653001600128653001900144100001800163700001600181700001400197700001600211245006300227300001100290490000700301520051200308022001400820       1990                            d  c1990 Jun10aAdult10aEmigration and Immigration10aHumans10aleprosy10aMale10aMiddle Aged10aNorth Carolina1 aFleischer A B1 aMaxwell B A1 aBaird D B1 aWoosley J T00aHansen's disease (leprosy): the North Carolina experience.  a427-340 v453 a<p>Hansen's disease presents a large public health problem throughout much of the world but it occurs infrequently in the United States. Only 8,501 cases have been reported since 1921 and 81 percent of these have been from just six states. Typical of many states, North Carolina has had only twenty-two case reports over this sixty-eight year period. We present two typical cases we have seen in the past year and briefly review some of the epidemiologic, clinical, and treatment aspects of the disease.</p>  a0011-4162