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Leprosy symptoms can take 20 years to appear

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Talk about an uncomfortable waiting game. The bacteria that causes leprosy multiplies so painstakingly slowly that its incubation period can stretch out for two entire decades. You could be exposed to the infection as a careless teenager and not see a single symptom until you're trying to figure out how to pay off your mortgage in your late thirties.

Leprosy symptoms can take 20 years to appear
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