Armadillos and leprosy: The animals pass the disease to humans, study finds - latimes.com: "They're cute. They're often roadkill. Some gourmands say they're tasty, whether baked or barbecued.
Now Louisiana researchers have learned something else about nine-banded armadillos.
'A preponderance of evidence shows that people get leprosy from these animals,' said Richard W. Truman, director of microbiology at the National Hansen's Disease Program in Baton Rouge and lead author of a paper detailing the discovery in the New England Journal of Medicine."
Thursday, April 28, 2011
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