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'''Tzaraath''' (''tzaraas'', ''tzaraat'', ''tsaraas'', ''tsaraat''; [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] צרעת) was an affliction mentioned in the [[Tanach]] and other [[Judaism|Jewish]] sources, starting in {{bibleverse||Leviticus|13|JP}}–{{bibleverse||Leviticus|14|JP}}. Although the term is commonly mistranslated ''[[leprosy]]'', ''tzaraath'' was not always leprosy. It affected primarily the afflicted person's skin, but sometimes his clothes and/or house. See also: [[Metzora (parsha)]]

==Epidemiology==