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Ancient Skeletal Evidence for Leprosy in India (2000 B.C.)
BACKGROUND: Leprosy is a chronic infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium leprae that affects almost 250,000 people worldwide. The timing of first infection, geographic origin, and pattern of transmission of the disease are still under investigation. Comparative genomics research has suggested M....
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Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2009
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2682583/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19479078 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0005669 |