Leprosy outbreak at United States Elementary school

[john rockwizc]

a United States elementary school student has been found to have leprosy, public health officials said Thursday.

Two children at a Elementary School have been diagnosed by a local doctor with the condition known medically as Hansen’s disease health officials said. But this week they received results from the National Hansen’s Disease Laboratory Research Program in Baton Rouge they showed that only one of the children had tested positive.

http://www.zikavirusmap.net/zika-virus/leprosy-outbreak-united-states-elementary-school/

 

[Gazrok]

It's funny the stigma that leprosy still carries...when....

Antibiotics typically kill the bacteria within days and make it non-contagious. It usually takes a year or two to fully clear the germ from the body.

(from the original news source article by ABC).