Articles with "british red" as a keyword



Photo from academic.microsoft.com

British Red Squirrels Remain the Only Known Wild Rodent Host for Leprosy Bacilli

Sign Up to like & get
recommendations!
Published in 2019 at "Frontiers in Veterinary Science"

DOI: 10.3389/fvets.2019.00008

Abstract: Eurasian red squirrels (Sciurus vulgaris) in the British Isles are the most recently discovered animal reservoir for the leprosy bacteria Mycobacterium leprae and Mycobacterium lepromatosis. Initial data suggest that prevalence of leprosy infection is variable… read more here.

Keywords: remain known; squirrels remain; red squirrels; squirrel ... See more keywords