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Leprosy â tzaâraâat â leprosy, stinging hornets. Around the late 1940âs and early 1950âs a number of rabbis took a close look at the Hebrew word that we translate as leprosy (tzaâraâat) and decided that leprosy was not a good English word to use here.Leprosy as we know it today, just does not fit the Biblical description of leprosy.round the late 1940âs and early 1950âs a number of rabbis took a close look at the Hebrew word that we translate as leprosy (tzaâraâat) and decided that leprosy was not a good English word to use here. Leprosy as we know it today, just does not fit the Biblical description of leprosy.
Globally in 2012, the number of chronic cases of leprosy was 189,000, down from some 5.2 million in the 1980s. The number of new cases was 230,000. Most new cases occur in 16 countries, with India accounting for more than half. In the past 20 years, 16 million people worldwide have been cured of leprosy. About 200 cases are reported per year in the United States. Leprosy has affected humanity for thousands of years. The disease takes its name from the Latin word lepra, while the term Hansen's disease is named after the physician Gerhard Armauer Hansen.