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What are these ugly growths on my cow?

A cow suffering from warts. Warts are viral infections of the skin.

Growing up in my village as a boy, we were brought up to believe it was a taboo to come into contact with another person’s saliva for fear of contracting a skin infection. We referred to this disease as “Puch” in the local dialect. Many years later I would interact with this disease.

This time I would encounter it in the world of academia.

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