Leprosy is one of the oldest human diseases and originated in Eurasia or Africa. A new study has found a different species of leprosy-causing bacteria existed in the Americas before European ...

In the back, a Wiphala flag representing Indigenous communities of South America. Credit: Nicolas Rascovan, Institut Pasteur A new study reveals that leprosy existed in America long before the arrival ...

Leprosy remains a public health problem in developing countries. Among communicable diseases, it is one of the leading causes of permanent disability. Brazil had not reached the goal of reducing cases ...

A new study challenges the view that leprosy is a disease that was introduced into the Americas during European colonization. It reports that a strain of leprosy-causing mycobacterium, Mycobacterium ...

Leprosy has been present in the Americas for more than 1,000 years, long before the arrival of European settlers, according to a groundbreaking new finding published this week in the journal Science.

Although leprosy is curable with drug treatment, the identification of biomarkers of infection, disease progression and treatment efficacy would greatly help to reduce the overall prevalence of the ...

and Culion Leprosy Archives consisting of artifacts and medical records that show a complex link among disease, governance and society. The MoW Regional Register has Doctrina Christiana, ...

Methods: People affected by leprosy, aged 30 years and above, resident in eight leprosy villages were invited to participate. Ocular examination was undertaken of each consenting individual. Results: ...

In this report, correspondent ANIMASAHUN SALMAN sheds light on the harrowing reality faced by the children of leprosy patients living in Amanawa Camp, Sokoto State Health workers have often cited ...