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A team of Orlando doctors has found an interesting trend: a rise in leprosy cases in Florida with most new cases concentrated in the Central Florida area.
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From 2015 to 2020, about 20 percent of the reported U.S. cases were in Florida, and 81 percent of those cases were in Central Florida, according to a research letter released by the CDC.
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Leprosy cases are on the rise in Florida. Florida has had nine confirmed cases so far in 2015.The state typically sees two to twelve cases per year.…