This is the second case of leprosy detected in Greece in the last couple of days. A 65-year-old woman is in isolation at the Patras hospital, in the northwest Peloponnese, and the patient with the first case has been admitted to the infectious disease ward of the Attica hospital in Athens. According to the state […]
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Unique find: “leprosy” skull found on an island in the Caribbean
On an uninhabited island, a rare find was discovered – the skull of a man with leprosy who lived more than 200 years ago. The results of his research are published in the International Journal of Paleopathology. Found it back in 2003, but only now scientists have completed the study and made all possible conclusions […]