Tag Archive for PRO/AH/EDR> Leprosy – West Africa: wild chimpanzee

PRO/AH/EDR> Leprosy – West Africa: wild chimpanzee

Leprosy -- Worldwide/UnknownWild chimpanzees have been found to be infected with leprosy for the 1st time, in 2 locations in West Africa that are separated by hundreds of miles.Experts discovered 2 wild chimp populations, in Guinea-Bissau's Cantanhez National Park and Tai National Park in Ivory Coast, that are infected with the disease, as confirmed by faecal samples.Leprosy -- which is caused by _Mycobacterium leprae_, a species of bacteria -- once caused misery to millions of humans across the Read more [...]