Research aims to link Hansen’s disease & illegal armadillo hunting in Brazil

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Hansen’s disease (also known as leprosy) has afflicted humans for thousands of years — it has been cited throughout history, even in passages of the Bible. Yet science has still not determined whether it originated in Asia or in Africa. But Hansen’s disease’s modern name has a very traceable history. In 1873, Norwegian physician Gerhard […]

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