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Hace 4 días · 2 minutes ago. Red squirrels may have been a host for Mycobacterium leprae in medieval times, studies show (Danny Lawson/PA) (PA Archive) Leprosy may have spread between red squirrels and...
Hace 5 días · Medieval Pets Had One of Humanity’s Most Cursed Diseases. Medieval people had a lot of leprosy. So did their pet squirrels. By Katherine J. Wu. Adri Ladenius / Rijksmuseum. May 3, 2024.
Hace 4 días · Stephen Beech. 13:58, 4 May 2024. |. Bookmark. Red squirrels spread a deadly disease to people in medieval England, reveals new research. Evidence from archaeological sites in Winchester,...
Hace 5 días · Nia Price. BBC News science reporter. 3 May 2024. Humans may have caught leprosy from squirrels in medieval times, researchers say. They studied human and red squirrel bones from archaeological...
Hace 5 días · A bit of medical advice: Stay away from medieval squirrels. That’s what a study in Current Biology seems to suggest, anyway, after showing that red squirrels hosted strains of the leprosy bacteria Mycobacterium leprae in England’s Middle Ages. “In the wake of COVID-19, animal hosts are now becoming a focus of attention for understanding disease appearance and persistence,” Inskip said ...
Hace 5 días · A photo of a squirrel bone, issued by University of Leicester, found at one of the two archaeological sites in Winchester. Credit: PA Genetic analysis revealed M. leprae to be present in both ...
Hace 2 días · The Chi-Lites (from left, David Doc Roberson, Robert Squirrel Lester, Marshall Thompson, and Eugene Record) perform “The Devil Is Doing His Work” on Soul Train in 1976. | Soul Train via Getty ImagesSoul Train in 1976. | Soul Train via Getty Images
