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Volume 31, Number 7—July 2025

Dispatch

Environmental Exposures Relative to Locally Acquired Hansen Disease, United States

Danielle ChaneyComments to Author , Jennifer Breiman, and Jessica K. Fairley
Author affiliation: Emory University Rollins School of Public Health, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (D. Chaney); Emory Healthcare, Atlanta (J. Breiman); Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta (J.K. Fairley)

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States of residence and countries of origin for patients in study of environmental exposures of suspected locally acquired Hansen disease, United States. A) Primary states of residence for 13 local case-patients (7 surveyed as part of study, 6 from chart review). B) Countries of origin for 55 patients included in chart review (13 presumed local, including 7 surveyed; 42 immigrant).

Figure 1. States of residence and countries of origin for patients in study of environmental exposures of suspected locally acquired Hansen disease, United States. A) Primary states of residence for 13 local case-patients (7 surveyed as part of study, 6 from chart review). B) Countries of origin for 55 patients included in chart review (13 presumed local, including 7 surveyed; 42 immigrant).

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