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.
Tomēr Amerikas Tropu medicīnas un higiēnas biedrība norāda, ka ASV Hansena slimības centrs Batonrūžā, Luiziānas štatā, katru gadu reģistrē aptuveni 30 jaunu slimnieku, kas dzīvo Luiziānas dienvidos vai Meksikas līča piekrastē Teksasā un kas nekad nav bijuši zemēs, kur šī slimība ir endēmiska.