DANGER OF LEPROSY
TROOPS IN PACIFIC AREAS NEW YORK, May 22. Dr E. R. Kellersberber, secretary of the American Lepers’ Mission, estimates that possibly 5000 American servicemen may develop leprosy in later life because of serving in tropical areas where the disease is most prevalent. He mentioned Africa, India, the East Indies, the Philippines, and the South-west Pacific as the most likely infection areas.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 25852, 24 May 1945, Page 5
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