TY - JOUR
KW - Adult
KW - Biopsy
KW - Diagnosis, Differential
KW - Family
KW - Humans
KW - Leprosy, Borderline
KW - Male
KW - Queensland
KW - Residence Characteristics
KW - Risk Factors
AU - Archibald H
AU - Fitzpatrick P F
AU - Rée G H
AB - <p>Hansen's disease (leprosy) is rare in Australia and usually imported from endemic areas. We report a 23-year-old white male with multibacillary leprosy who had lived all his life in North Queensland and initially appeared to have no risk factors. However, historical records revealed his grandfather to have been infected; because of stigma, this was unknown to the patient. As Hansen's disease has an incubation period of years, isolated cases may still occur as a result of previous endemicity in Queensland.</p>
BT - The Medical journal of Australia
C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10026687?dopt=Abstract
DA - 1999 Jan 18
IS - 2
J2 - Med. J. Aust.
LA - eng
N2 - <p>Hansen's disease (leprosy) is rare in Australia and usually imported from endemic areas. We report a 23-year-old white male with multibacillary leprosy who had lived all his life in North Queensland and initially appeared to have no risk factors. However, historical records revealed his grandfather to have been infected; because of stigma, this was unknown to the patient. As Hansen's disease has an incubation period of years, isolated cases may still occur as a result of previous endemicity in Queensland.</p>
PY - 1999
SP - 72
EP - 3
T2 - The Medical journal of Australia
TI - Locally acquired Hansen's disease in north Queensland.
VL - 170
SN - 0025-729X
ER -