Viral Load
The disease podcast for a diseased world! Hosts: Brett Bayles (a professor) & Andy Pupa (not a professor) gleefully explore the weird and wacky world of diseases on a changing planet.
Viral Load
Hansen's Disease (Leprosy): MMMBop
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Brett Bayles (a professor) / Andy Pupa (not a professor)
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Episode 54
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Leprosy probably brings to mind skin falling from the bone and people cast away into quarantined colonies. It is among the most stigmatized diseases in history, that I can think of. In this episode, we cover the past, present, and future of this ancient foe.
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sources
- https://www.who.int/health-topics/leprosy#tab=tab_1
- https://www.seeker.com/where-do-leper-colonies-still-exist-2015107873.html
- https://www.history.com/news/leprosy-colonies-us-quarantine#:~:text=Kalaupapa%20was%20one%20of%20a,by%20the%20far%20the%20largest.
- https://www.newbedfordguide.com/massachusetts-leper-colony-penikese-frank-parker/2019/08/28
- https://www.cdc.gov/leprosy/index.html
- https://www.livescience.com/56275-strange-facts-about-leprosy.html
- https://www.livescience.com/56426-leprosy-symptoms-treatment.html
- https://www.livescience.com/search?searchTerm=Leprosy
- https://www.cdc.gov/leprosy/symptoms/index.html
- https://www.livescience.com/51665-florida-leprosy-cases-armadillos.html
- https://www.livescience.com/56825-red-squirrels-harbor-leprosy-causing-bacteria.html
- https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/armadillos-leprosy-humans/
- https://www.livescience.com/52792-armadillos-leprosy-bacteria-spreading-southern-us.html
- http://web.stanford.edu/group/parasites/ParaSites2005/Leprosy/history.htm