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Not Imported: Leprosy Was Already Thriving in Ancient America
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Not Imported: Leprosy Was Already Thriving in Ancient America
Buried beneath the dry coastal soil of northern Chile, two ancient skeletons have just upended what scientists thought they knew about the origin of leprosy in the Americas. New genomic evidence has confirmed the presence of Mycobacterium lepromatosis, one of the two bacteria responsible for Hansen’s disease, in human remains dating back 4,000 years. The […] The post Not Imported: Leprosy Was Already Thriving in Ancient America appeared first on…
These are two studies involving scientists from the Conicet, whose results reached the same conclusion: leprosy has existed in America long before the arrival of Europeans. The findings contribute to a better understanding of how this type of pathogen has been adapted over time and how it is dispersed today.
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