1. As their number rose from around 50 to more than 100, the village became known locally as a lepers'colony.
2. The tubers seemed to people at first to be deformed, like the feet of lepers.
3. Guangdong province was the epicenter, home to one in four of the country's lepers.
4. Located far away from the township, the village was home to over 40 lepers.