Multimedia Release 13-Jun-2013

A Look at Leprosy over the Years (1 of 9)

Reports and Proceedings

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

A Look at Leprosy over the Years (1 of 9) — image: This is a side view of the skull of Jorgen 625, a medieval leprosy case from Odense, Denmark. This image relates to a paper that appeared in the June 14, 2013, issue of *Science*, published by AAAS. The paper, by Dr. Schuenemann at the University of Tübingen in Tübingen, Germany, and colleagues was titled, "Genome-Wide Comparison of Medieval and Modern *Mycobacterium leprae*." view more

Credit: [Image © Ben Krause-Kyora]

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