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Volume 17, Number 7—July 2011
Research

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

Patricia Woodall, David M. ScollardComments to Author , 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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Table 1

Hansen disease in residents of Micronesian and Marshallese origin, United States*

Population group
No. (%) patients
Median time from US entry to report, y (range)
MDT,†
no. (%)
Complications, no. cases
Total
MB
F
Age <15 y
ENL
RR
Hand/foot neuropathy
Eye
Other
Any
(%)‡
Hawaii-residing Micronesians, 2000–2009§ 29 22 (76) 5 (17) 3 (10) 1.5 (0–13) NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
Hawaii-residing Marshallese, 2000–2009§ 43 31 (72) 17 (39) 1 (2) 1 (0–14) NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
US Mainland Micronesians, 1990–2009 55 42 (76) 10 (18) 6 (10) 3 (0–10) 10 (42) 15 3 8 6 25
(77)
US Mainland Marshallese, 1990–2009 33 25 (76) 11 (33) 3 (10) 2 (0–12) 7 (32) 6 3 5 1 1# 12 (75)
Arkansas-residing Marshallese, 1990–2009 17 15 (88) 5 (30) 0 (0) 2 (0–5) 3 (20) 4 2 2 0 0 12
(70)

*Data from National Hansen’s Disease Program surveillance and clinical records, January 1990–October 2009. MB, multibacillary; MDT, multidrug therapy; ENL, erythema nodosum leprosum; RR, reversal reaction; NA, data not available.
†MDT completed, excluding patients currently under active treatment.
‡Patients for whom clinical data were available.
§Pre-2000 data were not reported to National Hansen’s Disease Program.
¶1 renal, 1 testicular, 1 palatal.
#1 renal.

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