![]() Their current distribution around the world echoes the history of population movements. The four strains of the leprosy bacilli that the scientific team found are: European, East African, West African and Indian. With humans being the only possible vessel for the bacteria, it naturally navigated along with man throughout the trade routes of the seas. Not necessarily surprising, for the Pharaonic Empire was economically and culturally tied to the old continent. "A person infected with the bacteria shows specific signs of bone deformations, like hands gripped closed in the form of a claw," explains Steward Cole, "and these clues helped us determine if we were dealing with the bodies of people who died from the disease."Įven though Egypt is geographically close to East Africa, where one of the four strains of leprosy comes from, DNA from a 4th century mommy shows traces of the European strain. The scientists started with the past history of the disease by investigating the remains of English, Croatian, and Bulgarian medieval cemeteries along with an ancient Egyptian burial site to find traces of the bacteria's DNA. Geneticists, microbiologists, and even archeologists have followed the bacteria's traces from their lab to the Silk Road and the tombs of Egyptian mummies. Its history is therefore intimately tied to our own, and it is this migratory relationship that Stewart Cole, EPFL professor of Microbial Pathogenesis, and his team have analyzed in a study to be published in Nature Genetics. And because of man's many travels, this bacillus has colonized the entire earth. Mycobacterium leprae, the bacterium that causes leprosy, has only one known natural host – mankind. Some fans pair him with Elizabeth or Jack.For thousands of years an undesirable and persistent companion has been travelling with man wherever he goes. Although not as well-liked as Jack Sparrow, Norrington has many fans. He dies as Elizabeth escapes to the Empress. He turns around again, only to be stabbed by Bootstrap Bill. Elizabeth sees what is happening and starts to come back, but to keep her from the crew of the Flying Dutchman, Norrington shoots the line Elizabeth is escaping on. Elizabeth starts to leave, and then Bootstrap alerts the crew. He tells Elizabeth, "Our destinies have been intertwined, Elizabeth, but never joined." and kisses her, then tells her to go. He sees Bootstrap Bill Turner coming and knows that whatever decision he make he will be in trouble. As Elizabeth escapes, she asks Norrington to come with her. When Elizabeth Swann and her crew are captured and kept aboard the Flying Dutchman, Norrington sets them free. In Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, Norrington his re-hired and promoted to admiral for his services to Lord Beckett. He joins Jack Sparrow's crew and accompanies them until the end of the movie when he steals the Letters of Marque and the heart of Davy Jones, which he gives to Lord Beckett in order to regain his life in the Royal Navy. In Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, Norrington becomes a pirate after being fired from the Royal Navy for losing his ship and crew while trying to sail through a hurricane. He was in love with Elizabeth Swann and proposed to her, but she left him for Will Turner. He was 'the scourge of piracy' according to Jack Davenport, but he was especially out to get Jack Sparrow. In Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl, he was a commodore in Port Royal. A character in Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy played by actor Jack Davenport.
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