Medieval residents of Winchester, England, probably got their leprosy from red squirrels in the area, according to a team of archaeologists and geneticists that studied remains from two archaeological ...

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 ...

The DNA of leprosy-causing bacteria has been found in the remains of people and a red squirrel unearthed at medieval sites in the UK. This makes red squirrels the earliest known non-human hosts of the ...

Researchers discovered leprosy-causing germs in people's DNA, as well as a red squirrel found in medieval UK locations, shedding light on the disease's spread. Scientists found leprosy-causing ...

A red squirrel eating a hazlenut Alverstone Mead Nature Reserve in Sandown, England. (Credit: Peter Trimming, CC by 2.0 Generic) (CN) — The history of leprosy has been rewritten, thanks to a study ...

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Red squirrels have been linked to the spread of leprosy in medieval England. (Tony Nellis via SWNS) By Stephen Beech via SWNS Red squirrels spread a deadly disease to people in medieval England, ...

The Reverend Reg Sweet, who has died aged 89, was the 68th Master of St Cross Hospital, the mediaeval almshouse in Winchester, having served for more than 60 years in the Anglican ministry. Sweet ...