Leprosy in a skeleton from the 7th centu
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M. G. Belcastro; V. Mariotti; F. Facchini; O. Dutour
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Article
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2005
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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Analysis of the skeleton from tomb 144 of the early medieval necropolis of Vicenne-Campochiaro in Central Italy revealed several features indicative of leprosy. The skeleton belongs to a male estimated to be between 20 and 25 years of age at death. The distal halves of the 1st and 2nd left metatarsa