British Red Squirrels Remain the Only Known Wild Rodent Host for Leprosy Bacilli

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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Main Authors: Anna-Katarina Schilling, Charlotte Avanzi, Rainer G. Ulrich, Philippe Busso, Benoit Pisanu, Nicola Ferrari, Claudia Romeo, Maria Vittoria Mazzamuto, Joyce McLuckie, Craig M. Shuttleworth, Jorge Del-Pozo, Peter W. W. Lurz, Wendy G. Escalante-Fuentes, Jorge Ocampo-Candiani, Lucio Vera-Cabrera, Karen Stevenson, Jean-Louis Chapuis, Anna L. Meredith, Stewart T. Cole
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Veterinary Science
Subjects:
leprosy
squirrels
white-throated woodrats
PCR
Mycobacterium leprae
Mycobacterium lepromatosis
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fvets.2019.00008/full

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