摘 要: | INthe21stcentury,leprosywillbeelindnated—sodeclaredthelatestgatheringoftheworld'stopexpertsonthisdevastatingdiseaseontheoccasionofthe15thInternationalLeprosyConferenceheldinBeijinginthesummerof1998.ThefirstsuchconferencewasheldinBerlinin1897andeversinceefforts"tocreateaworldwithoutleprosy"havecontinuedunabated.LeprosyisoneoftheoldestinfectiousdiseasesafflictingmankindandinChinarecordedcasesgoback3,000years.Thesufferingitcausedwasimmenseandforagesleprosybasicallywentuntreated,leadingtoperma…
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