Armadillos Likely Transmitting Leprosy to Humans in Southern U.S.
Wednesday, April 27, 2011 - 17:00
in Health & Medicine
Leprosy was one of the last things on dermatologist John Abide 's mind when a 78-year-old man walked in for a screening at the doctor's Greenville, Miss., practice. Unbeknownst to the man, two large red bumps had formed on his back. Abide diligently tested samples to make sure they did not indicate tuberculosis . When the results came back positive for atypical microbacteria, another doctor suggested sending the samples away to have them tested for leprosy. [More]
