Mycobacterium lepromatosis genomes associated with 4,000-year-old human skeletons in Chile establish an American origin for this causal agent of leprosy (also known as Hansen’s disease), and point to different evolutionary trajectories and transmission pathways for M. lepromatosis and its sister pathogen Mycobacterium leprae.
BT - Nature Ecology & Evolution DO - 10.1038/s41559-025-02790-9 LA - eng M3 - Research Article N2 -Mycobacterium lepromatosis genomes associated with 4,000-year-old human skeletons in Chile establish an American origin for this causal agent of leprosy (also known as Hansen’s disease), and point to different evolutionary trajectories and transmission pathways for M. lepromatosis and its sister pathogen Mycobacterium leprae.
PB - Springer Science and Business Media LLC PY - 2025 T2 - Nature Ecology & Evolution TI - Leprosy in the Americas before Columbus UR - https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-025-02790-9 SN - 2397-334X ER -