Armadillos and humans are linked in the strangest of ways. Armadillos are the only other species known to get leprosy. A surge in cases in Brazil gives reason for concern there and in the US.
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World TB Day will be observed March 24, with the good news that deaths from tuberculosis are declining. But a trend toward confining those with TB threatens to stall advances.
Some have a strain that is almost identical to one that infected humans in the middle ages.
Thalidomide is notorious for causing death and disability but it – and its derivatives – are proving useful for conditions such as leprosy.
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Professor of Public Health, Adelphi University
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Lecturer in Animal Science, Nottingham Trent University
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Professor in Developmental Biology, University of Aberdeen
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John Stewart Spencer is a Friend of The Conversation.
Associate Professor, leprosy researcher, Colorado State University
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Researcher, Georgetown University
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Researcher, Georgetown University
