Researchers have recovered and sequenced Mycobacterium lepromatosis genomes from 4,000-year-old human remains in Chile, ...

Well-preserved genomes show a “rare” leprosy strain thriving in ancient Chile, rewriting when and where Hansen’s Disease ...

Leprosy’s tale stretches from 5,000-year-old skeletons in Eurasia to a startling 4,000-year-old case in Chile, revealing that ...

Hansen’s disease, also known as leprosy, was long believed to be absent from the Americas prior to European contact. A new ...

Hansen's Disease, more commonly known as leprosy, is a chronic disease that can lead to physical impairment. Today it exists ...

So far, absence of these characteristic changes in the pre-contact American contexts suggests that leprosy was one of the many diseases introduced to the continent in the colonial period. Thereafter ...

But what the Rivermen did Saturday — and in the 40 hours leading up to the game — will define how this team will be remembered, regardless of how much longer its postseason journey lasts. They ...

The Peoria Rivermen endured a 40-hour travel saga to get back from Florida and complete a sweep of Pensacola in the SPHL quarterfinals on Saturday.

Armadillos of the species Dasypus novemcinctus have been used as an experimental model of leprosy. Besides non-human primates, they are the only species naturally infected with Mycobacterium leprae ...

The Peoria Rivermen endured a 40-hour travel saga to get back from Florida and complete a sweep of Pensacola in the SPHL quarterfinals on Saturday.

River Readings Rivermen winger Marcel Godbout was activated from 21-day IR before the game but did not dress. He will return to the lineup in the semifinals. … The Rivermen arrived from their two-day ...