A recovered leper with deformed feet and hands tries on customised shoes at a leprosy village in Lianjiang in China's southern Guangdong province May 1, 2010. Geneticists recently found variants of seven genes which may increase a person's susceptibility to leprosy - calling into question an old belief that it is an infectious disease that is transmitted via droplets from the nose and mouth of an infected person. Picture taken May 1, 2010. REUTERS/Staff (CHINA - Tags: HEALTH)