Leprosy existed in America long before arrival of Europeans

ScienceDaily
May 29, 2025, 3:54 pm184 ptsTop
Long considered a disease brought to the Americas by European colonizers, leprosy may actually have a much older history on the American continent. Scientists reveal that a recently identified second species of bacteria responsible for leprosy, Mycobacterium lepromatosis, has been infecting humans in the…

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