Ancient DNA reveals leprosy hit the Americas long before colonization

Ancient DNA reveals leprosy hit the Americas long before colonization

Leprosy’s tale stretches from 5,000-year-old skeletons in Eurasia to a startling 4,000-year-old case in Chile, revealing that the rare strain Mycobacterium lepromatosis haunted the Americas millennia ...

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