2021-10-13Zeitschriftenartikel
Leprosy in wild chimpanzees
Hockings, Kimberley J.; Mubemba, Benjamin; Avanzi, Charlotte; Pleh, Kamilla; Düx, Ariane; Bersacola, Elena; Bessa, Joana; Ramon, Marina; Metzger, Sonja; Patrono, Livia V.; Jaffe, Jenny E.; Benjak, Andrej; Bonneaud, Camille; Busso, Philippe; Couacy-Hymann, Emmanuel; Gado, Moussa; Gagneux, Sebastien; Johnson, Roch C.; Kodio, Mamoudou; Lynton-Jenkins, Joschua; Morozova, Irina; Mätz-Rensing, Kerstin; Regalla, Aissa; Said, Abílio R.; Schuenemann, Verena J.; Sow, Samba O.; Spencer, John S.; Ulrich, Markus; Zoubi, Hyacinthe; Cole, Stewart T.; Wittig, Roman M.; Calvignac-Spencer, Sebastien; Leendertz, Fabian H.
Humans are considered as the main host for Mycobacterium leprae1, the aetiological agent of leprosy, but spillover has occurred to other mammals that are now maintenance hosts, such as nine-banded armadillos and red ...