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Armadillos, vacations and leprosy

By Scott Weese on December 26, 2017
Posted in Other animals

It’s easy to get hung up on odd ball reports, since they’re interesting and novel. Their overall impact is pretty low, but they often have some reasonable take-home messages.

So, here’s another odd ball report: leprosy in a Canadian who had never traveled beyond Canada and the US (Bonnar et al, 2018 Emerging Infectious…

Feline leprosy

By Scott Weese on November 28, 2009
Posted in Cats, Other diseases

Leprosy usually evokes images of deformed faces and hands and leper colonies. This disease, caused by Mycobacterium leprae, has been recognized for at least 4000 years, and is thought to have been one of the biblical plagues. While now treatable with proper access to healthcare, leprosy is still a problem in some regions.…

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