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People tend to think of leprosy as a tropical disease because most cases today are found in less-developed countries, which are mainly in the tropics. This has not always been the case. In 1200 ce an estimated 19,000 leprosy hospitals existed all over Europe. The disease is much older than that, however, and it is believed to have originated on the Indian subcontinent. Indeed, the most ancient evidence of leprosy comes from a 4,000-year-old human skeleton uncovered in India in 2009. The skeleton was found to have erosion patterns similar to those found in skeletons of lepers in Europe dating ...(100 of 3480 words)

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