Leprosy -- United States
Leprosy often evokes images of biblical times: colonies of infected patients quarantined and covered in sores [actually lepers were isolated, not quarantined; quarantine refers to separation of well people who have been exposed to a contagious disease to see if they become ill, and isolation refers to the separation of ill people who have a contagious disease from those who are healthy]. Seen as something exclusive to the past, the disease has largely faded into history, which is likely why
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