Leprosy -- Worldwide/Unknown
Wild chimpanzees have been found to be infected with leprosy for the 1st time, in 2 locations in West Africa that are separated by hundreds of miles.
Experts discovered 2 wild chimp populations, in Guinea-Bissau's Cantanhez National Park and Tai National Park in Ivory Coast, that are infected with the disease, as confirmed by faecal samples.
Leprosy -- which is caused by _Mycobacterium leprae_, a species of bacteria -- once caused misery to millions of humans across the planet, with
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?7940707&promed&0
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