The discovery of Mycobacterium lepromatosis suggests leprosy was present in the Americas long before Europeans, altering the historical understanding of the disease.

One of the world’s oldest diseases has an even more complex history than expected. Research out today reveals that a form of leprosy was stalking people in the Americas long before Europeans arrived.

The armadillo evokes imagery of Texas as much as the cowboy and the rattlesnake. It also might carry Hansen's Disease, commonly known as leprosy, one of the oldest infectious diseases in human history ...

Historians have for a long time believed that leprosy was introduced to the Americas by European settlers, but the latest research offers strong evidence to the contrary – suggesting that Indigenous ...

Research is finally unearthing some of the ancient mysteries behind leprosy, also known as Hansen’s disease, which has plagued humankind throughout history. The new research findings suggest that the ...

Medieval leprosy genomes shed light on disease's history Date: June 13, 2013 Source: Universitaet Tübingen Summary: Scientists have reconstructed a dozen medieval and modern leprosy genomes -- ...

TOKYO, Feb. 22, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The University of Bergen, Norway and Sasakawa Leprosy (Hansen's Disease) Initiative will hold an event in Bergen on Feb. 28, 2023, to mark the 150 th anniversary ...

Warning: This post contains spoilers for Season 7 of Game of Thrones Nobody said it would be easy to cure greyscale, the fictional condition from which Game of Thrones characters shrink in fear.

The University of Hawaii at Hilo’s History Club members will return to Molokai on Friday to honor the patients of Hansen’s disease, or leprosy, by placing lei on their graves. “Prior to that, if you ...

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