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British Red Squirrels Remain the Only Known Wild Rodent Host for Leprosy Bacilli
Eurasian red squirrels (Sciurus vulgaris) in the British Isles are the most recently discovered animal reservoir for the leprosy bacteria Mycobacterium leprae and Mycobacterium lepromatosis. Initial data suggest that prevalence of leprosy infection is variable and often low in different squirrel pop...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2019
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6367869/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30775369 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2019.00008 |