%0 Journal Article %K Social and environmental context %K Colonialism %K high-endemicity %K Epidemiologic Studies %K History, 18th Century %B Indian Journal of History of Science %D 2026 %G ENG %I Springer Science and Business Media LLC %R 10.1007/s43539-026-00215-5 %T Colonial environmental change, socio-economic disruption, and the high endemicity of leprosy in South-West Bengal, 1870s-1940s: A historical epidemiological study %8 07/2026 %9 Article