Tag Archive for PRO/AH/EDR> Squirrel leprosy, red squirrel – UK (02)
PRO/AH/EDR> Squirrel leprosy, red squirrel – UK (02)
Leprosy -- United KingdomMicrobiologists at École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) and the University of Edinburgh have discovered that red squirrels in Britain and Ireland carry the 2 bacterial species that cause leprosy in humans.Once rampant in medieval Europe, leprosy dramatically declined by the end of the Middle Ages for reasons that are still unclear. About a century ago, leprosy in Europe virtually disappeared, at least among humans. Examining diseased red squirrels Read more [...]
