Comments on: Leprosy and the Silk Road http://www.iayork.com/MysteryRays/2010/02/12/leprosy-and-the-silk-road/ Meddling with things mankind is not meant to understand. Also, pictures of my kids Sat, 25 Jun 2011 18:45:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Roger http://www.iayork.com/MysteryRays/2010/02/12/leprosy-and-the-silk-road/comment-page-1/#comment-204426 Roger Thu, 09 Jun 2011 03:40:24 +0000 http://www.iayork.com/MysteryRays/?p=1854#comment-204426 So interesting to think of the disease as becoming less powerful over time. Will the same be true for our contemporary diseases like cancer? So interesting to think of the disease as becoming less powerful over time. Will the same be true for our contemporary diseases like cancer?

]]> By: Sarah http://www.iayork.com/MysteryRays/2010/02/12/leprosy-and-the-silk-road/comment-page-1/#comment-182685 Sarah Wed, 11 May 2011 17:02:43 +0000 http://www.iayork.com/MysteryRays/?p=1854#comment-182685 Thank you so much for this post! 'Leprosy is a fascinating disease for many reasons.' That is such a true statement! I would have never thought of using the word fascinating to describe Leprosy, but not other word really fits. Thank you so much for this post!

‘Leprosy is a fascinating disease for many reasons.’ That is such a true statement! I would have never thought of using the word fascinating to describe Leprosy, but not other word really fits.

]]> By: Passerby http://www.iayork.com/MysteryRays/2010/02/12/leprosy-and-the-silk-road/comment-page-1/#comment-41565 Passerby Tue, 23 Feb 2010 22:42:06 +0000 http://www.iayork.com/MysteryRays/?p=1854#comment-41565 Hmm, let's see. Invertebrates (long shot). Silk Road transmission route. Rodents. Pathogenic bacteria with switchable virulence. *snaps fingers* Plague. See: Further Observations on a Leprosy-like Disease of the Rat. (1905). J Hyg (Lond). 1905 January; 5(1): 99–112. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2236082/ Hmm, let’s see. Invertebrates (long shot). Silk Road transmission route. Rodents. Pathogenic bacteria with switchable virulence.

*snaps fingers* Plague.

See: Further Observations on a Leprosy-like Disease of the Rat. (1905). J Hyg (Lond). 1905 January; 5(1): 99–112.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2236082/

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