Human disease leptospirosis identified in new species, the banded mongoose

Tuesday, May 14, 2013 - 12:00 in Biology & Nature

The newest public health threat in Africa, scientists have found, is coming from a previously unknown source: the banded mongoose. Leptospirosis, the disease is called. And the banded mongoose...

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