Leprosy in wild chimpanzees
Humans are considered as the main host for Mycobacterium leprae 1 , the aetiological agent of leprosy, but spillover has occurred to other mammals that are now maintenance hosts, such as nine-banded armadillos and red squirrels 2 , 3 . Although naturally acquired leprosy has also been described in c...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Nature (London) 2021-10, Vol.598 (7882), p.652-656 |
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