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Hoover Hogs and Hansens Disease: What’s up with Armadillos and Leprosy?

Leprosy seems like an antiquated disease – and it mostly is. A few small pockets of the world still carry it, one of them being the American South, thanks to…… armadillo hosts? Learn more about how armadillos give humans leprosy in my guest blog post over at the Canadian Association for Science Writers!

 © Lydia Kang

© Lydia Kang

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