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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Dec 29.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Infect Dis. 2022 Oct 22;125:265–274. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2022.10.027

Table 2.

Country of origin of nonautochthonous cases of leprosy in Japan, 1964–2020.

1964–1990
1991–2020
ALL
Country of origin Case no. % Country of origin Case no. % Country of origin Case no. %

South Korea 42 63.6% Brazil 85 43.6% Brazil 87 33.3%
Philippines 7 10.6% Philippines 39 20.0% Philippines 46 17.6%
Viet Nam 4 6.1% Indonesia 15 7.7% South Korea 45 17.2%
Taiwan R.O.C. 3 4.5% Nepal 15 7.7% Indonesia 16 6.1%
Brazil 2 3.0% Bangladesh 8 4.1% Nepal 15 5.7%
India 2 3.0% Myanmar 6 3.1% Bangladesh 9 3.4%
Indonesia 1 1.5% Thailand 4 2.1% Myanmar 6 2.3%
USA (Hawaii) 1 1.5% Paraguay 3 1.5% Viet Nam 5 1.9%
Comoros 1 1.5% South Korea 3 1.5% Thailand 4 1.5%
Bangladesh 1 1.5% Sri Lanka 3 1.5% India 4 1.5%
French Polynesia 1 1.5% India 2 1.0% Paraguay 3 1.1%
Kuwait 1 1.5% Micronesia 2 1.0% Sri Lanka 3 1.1%
Timor-Leste 1 0.5% Taiwan R.O.C. 3 1.1%
Viet Nam 1 0.5% Micronesia 2 0.8%
Bolivia 1 0.5% USA (Hawaii) 2 0.8%
Cambodia 1 0.5% Timor-Leste 1 0.4%
China 1 0.5% Bolivia 1 0.4%
Madagascar 1 0.5% Cambodia 1 0.4%
Marshall Islands 1 0.5% China 1 0.4%
Palau 1 0.5% Madagascar 1 0.4%
USA (Hawaii) 1 0.5% Marshal Island 1 0.4%
Tanzania 1 0.5% Palau 1 0.4%
Sub-Total 66 Sub-Total 195 Tanzania 1 0.4%
Comoros 1 0.4%
French Polynesia 1 0.4%
Kuwait 1 0.4%
Total 261