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Leprosy in wild chimpanzees

2020-11-11

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<h4>ABSTRACT</h4> Humans are considered the main host for Mycobacterium leprae , the aetiologic agent of leprosy, but spill-over to other mammals such as nine-banded armadillos and red squirrels occurs. Although naturally acquired leprosy has also been described in captive nonhuman primates, the exact origins of infection remain unclear. Here, we report on leprosy-like lesions in two wild populations of western...

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Literature Corpus work: 5a48c218-5f6c-5c1f-8a34-3269fd6b8513
DOI: 10.1101/2020.11.10.374371

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