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Are we closer than we think to chimpanzees?
Scientists have detected leprosy in wild chimpanzees for the first time, and the symptoms resemble those in infected people.
A team of researchers recently found leprosy-infected chimps in unconnected populations in two West African countries: Guinea-Bissau and the Ivory Coast. Facial lesions in several of the animals looked like those in humans with advanced leprosy; genetic analysis of the chimps' stool samples confirmed that animals in both groups were carrying Mycobacterium leprae, bacteria that causes the disfiguring disease, according to a new study.....
https://www.livescience.com/leprosy-in-wild-chimpanzees
Claw Hand in Leprosy
Scientists have detected leprosy in wild chimpanzees for the first time, and the symptoms resemble those in infected people.
A team of researchers recently found leprosy-infected chimps in unconnected populations in two West African countries: Guinea-Bissau and the Ivory Coast. Facial lesions in several of the animals looked like those in humans with advanced leprosy; genetic analysis of the chimps' stool samples confirmed that animals in both groups were carrying Mycobacterium leprae, bacteria that causes the disfiguring disease, according to a new study.....
https://www.livescience.com/leprosy-in-wild-chimpanzees
Claw Hand in Leprosy
