For those who keep asking, "why Florida", it is because of the armadillos. I will note that the one case in the article without classic risk factors "works in landscaping, and spends long periods of time outdoors". Armadillos are very common to encounter outdoors, and although the case subject reported no armadillo contact, I would be quite surprised if no one he worked with in landscaping also had no armadillo contact.

The fact Florida Tech has long been a world supplier of leprosy samples from local armadillos is quite relevant: https://news.fit.edu/archive/rising-star-disney-comes-to-cou...