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Leprosy Was Lurking in The Americas Long Before Colonization, Study Finds

Historians have for a long time believed that leprosy was introduced to the Americas by European settlers, but the latest research offers strong evidence to the contrary – suggesting that Indigenous Americans had already been dying of the disease for centuries.

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