Ireland Enriched with Leprosy Twice in 2 Months

The Journal
November 22, 2013

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Leprosy hasn’t been seen in the British Isles for 400 years, great to hear it’s back.

Just two months after Ireland recorded the first case of leprosy in the country for decades, a second case has been confirmed.

The second incident occurred in the north-east of the country, the same area as the first and the HSE was notified of the case in June.  The HSE has confirmed the case and it is believed that, as with the earlier case, the patient was a male foreign national who had contracted the disease abroad.

“This case was notified to the Health Protection Surveillance Centre by the HSE North East in June 2013. The individual had a recurrence of leprosy which the individual had contracted in another country. He did not acquire Leprosy in Ireland,” a HSE spokesperson told TheJournal.ie.

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