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Jerusalem Reveals Earliest Proven Case of Leprosy
Posted on 17 December 2009 by
DNA taken from the shrouded remains of a man discovered in a tomb next to the Old City of Jerusalem shows him to be the first human proven to have had leprosy, according to Hebrew University researchers and North American and British collaborators.
Read article in full published on 16th December 2009 issue of PLoS One:
http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0008319
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