However, the National Hansen’s Disease Program, based in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, “sees approximately 30 cases each year among residents in southern Louisiana and the Gulf Coast of Texas who were born in the U.S. and who have never visited an endemic country, ” says the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.
فعدد حوادث سرقة او فقدان المواد النووية او المشعة التي أُبلغت به الوكالة كبير جدا الى حد يثير القلق :‏ حوالي ٢٥٠ حالة في النصف الاول من سنة ٢٠٠٨ .‏