Lack of evidence for the presence of Leprosy Bacilli in Red Squirrels from North-West Europe

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Lack of evidence for the presence of Leprosy Bacilli in Red Squirrels from North-West Europe
 
Tió-Coma, Maria; Sprong, Hein; Kik, Marja; van Dissel, Jaap T.; Han, Xiang-Yang; Pieters, Toine; Geluk, Annemieke
(2020) Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, volume 67, issue 2, pp. 1032 - 1034
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Abstract
Leprosy is a human infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium leprae or Mycobacterium lepromatosis that can also occur in animals and even manifest as zoonosis. Recently, both mycobacteria were detected in red squirrels (Sciurus vulgaris) from the British Isles. To further explore the presence of leprosy-bacilli in North-West Europe, we screened ... read more
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Keywords: M. lepromatosis, leprosy, OneHealth, red squirrel, zoonosis, Taverne
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/tbed.13423
ISSN: 1865-1674
Publisher: NLM (Medline)
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