Red squirrels in the British Isles are infected with leprosy bacteria

(Ecole Polytechnique F é d é rale de Lausanne) Microbiologists at EPFL and the University of Edinburgh have discovered that red squirrels in Britain and Ireland carry the two bacterial species that cause leprosy in humans.
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news