• Mycobacterium leprae diversity and population dynamics in medieval Europe from novel ancient genomes 

      Pfrengle, Saskia; Neukamm, Judith; Guellil, Meriam; Keller, Marcel; Molak, Martyna; Avanzi, Charlotte; Kushniarevich, Alena; Montes, Núria; Neumann, Gunnar U.; Reiter, Ella; Tukhbatova, Rezeda I.; Berezina, Nataliya Y.; Buzhilova, Alexandra; Korobov, Dmitry S.; Suppersberger Hamre, Stian; Matos, Vitor M. J.; Ferreira, Maria T.; González-Garrido, Laura; Wasterlain, Sofia N.; Lopes, Célia; Santos, Ana Luisa; Antunes-Ferreira, Nathalie; Duarte, Vitória; Silva, Ana Maria; Melo, Linda; Sarkic, Natasa; Saag, Lehti; Tambets, Kristiina; Busso, Philippe; Cole, Stewart T.; Avlasovich, Alexei; Roberts, Charlotte A.; Sheridan, Alison; Cessford, Craig; Robb, John; Krause, Johannes; Scheib, Christiana L.; Inskip, Sarah A.; Schuenemann, Verena J. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Background Hansen’s disease (leprosy), widespread in medieval Europe, is today mainly prevalent in tropical and subtropical regions with around 200,000 new cases reported annually. Despite its long history and appearance ...