According to new research which is the oldest disease?

According to new research which is the oldest disease?

  • (A) Influenza
  • (B) Malaria
  • (C) Plague
  • (D) Leprosy
Leprosy, also known as Hansen’s disease, is considered to be one of the oldest diseases in the world, according to various pieces of research and major health organizations. We are unaware of when exactly this disease first occurred, but physical evidence of this disease in human remains is known to have existed 2000 BCE (4,000 years ago) in India. Genetics also tell us that this disease, known as Mycobacterium leprae, could have been present in human beings as long as 40,000 years ago, possibly infecting both Neanderthals and the first Homo sapiens. Leprosy is also special in that it is an illness that can remain dormant.
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