Evidence from archaeological sites in the medieval English city of Winchester shows that English red squirrels once served as an important host for Mycobacterium leprae strains that caused leprosy in people, researchers report in the journal Current Biology.
In medieval England, leprosy spread between red squirrels and people, genome evidence shows retrieved 3 May 2024 from https://phys.org/news/2024-05-medieval-england-leprosy-red-squirrels.html
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