Mycobacterium leprae genomes from naturally infected nonhuman primates.

• Главные авторы: Tanvi P Honap (Автор), Luz-Andrea Pfister (Автор), Genevieve Housman (Автор), Sarah Mills (Автор), Ross P Tarara (Автор), Koichi Suzuki (Автор), Frank P Cuozzo (Автор), Michelle L Sauther (Автор), Michael S Rosenberg (Автор), Anne C Stone (Автор)
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• Опубликовано: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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Leprosy is caused by the bacterial pathogens Mycobacterium leprae and Mycobacterium lepromatosis. Apart from humans, animals such as nine-banded armadillos in the Americas and red squirrels in the British Isles are naturally infected with M. leprae. Natural leprosy has also been reported in certain...