05-29-2005, 06:24 AM
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Benja Ramanandoria<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Raman- more Sanskrit.
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->⢠A French genetics study comparing strains of leprosy-causing bacteria indicate that the disease may have begun in East Africa, not India as previously thought, and then spread to the other continents through European colonialism and the slave trade.
The ability to trace an infection back to a certain region may help health workers to monitor the movement of the disease over time and determine the geographic source of new infections. <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Never heard before that leprosy bacteria was originated from India.
Raman- more Sanskrit.
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->⢠A French genetics study comparing strains of leprosy-causing bacteria indicate that the disease may have begun in East Africa, not India as previously thought, and then spread to the other continents through European colonialism and the slave trade.
The ability to trace an infection back to a certain region may help health workers to monitor the movement of the disease over time and determine the geographic source of new infections. <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Never heard before that leprosy bacteria was originated from India.