Emerging Infectious Disease ISSN: 1080-6059

Hansen Disease among Micronesian and Marshallese Persons Living in the United States

Patricia Woodall, David Scollard

, and Latha Rajan

Author affiliations: Author affiliations: Tulane University, New Orleans, Lousiana, USA (P. Woodall, L. Rajan); National Hansen’s Disease Program, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA (D. Scollard)

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Estimated Hansen disease cases per 100,000 population, Arkansas Marshallese and Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI), 2000–2009. RMI rates from World Health Organization reports (1,2,13); Arkansas cases from National Hansen’s Disease Program records. Arkansas Marshallese population (denominator) derived from US Census estimates (15,17).

Figure 6. Estimated Hansen disease cases per 100,000 population, Arkansas Marshallese and Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI), 2000–2009. RMI rates from World Health Organization reports (1,2,13); Arkansas cases from National Hansen’s Disease Program records. Arkansas Marshallese population (denominator) derived from US Census estimates (15,17).

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