Microbiology with Diseases by Body System, Books a la Carte Edition & Modified Mastering Microbiology with Pearson eText -- ValuePack Access Card
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Author: Robert W. Bauman Ph.D.
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 20, Problem 5MC
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Gerald Hansen, a Norwegian Microbiologist was the one who found leprosy as a dreadful disease which is caused by bacterial infection in the year 1873.
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