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Leprosy-causing bacteria found in armadillo specimens highlight value of museum collections for tracking pathogens

  • Written by Daniel Romero-Alvarez, Ph.D. Candidate in Ecology of Infectious Diseases, University of Kansas
Leprosy-causing bacteria found in armadillo specimens highlight value of museum collections for tracking pathogensMuseum specimens are like time capsules from where and when the organisms and their pathogens lived.Ed Maker/The Denver Post via Getty Images

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