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 ...