Global Health: Squirrel Nutkin Could Have Had Leprosy, Study Finds

Thursday, November 10, 2016 - 23:41 in Health & Medicine

Genetic analyses of 25 squirrels in Britain showed that they were infected with M. leprae, a cause of leprosy in humans.

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