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Earliest evidence found for leprosy
WASHINGTON -- Leprosy is one of mankind's most ancientscourges, mentioned in writing from ancient India to the Bible tothe Middle Ages. Now researchers have uncovered what they say isthe oldest case of the disease yet found.
Analysis of a 4,000-year-old skeleton from India shows traces ofleprosy, researchers report in Wednesday's edition of PLoS One, apublication of the Public Library of...
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