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Scientists conducting research in Africa have detected leprosy in more than one chimpanzee living in the wild for the first time.
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Science World, AfricaHe’s talking about the news from. For Cüzzam It was first seen in wild chimpanzee groups.
According to the news in the Daily Mail, cases have been confirmed in two unrelated West African chimpanzee populations in Guinea and Ivory Coast.
British scientists also shared images of monkeys with bumps on their faces with the public.
Scientists from the University of Exeter Center for Ecology and Conservation announced that the cause of this situation is being investigated, but they have not yet reached a clear conclusion.
The team considers the possibility that this is due to chimpanzees’ exposure to humans or other unknown environmental sources.
Humans are considered the main host for the bacteria Mycobacterium leprae, which causes Leprosy. This disease has been controlled in humans with antibiotics since the 1980s.
Experts thought that this disease was extinct in the animal kingdom. But over the last two decades, scientists have discovered that it spreads in red squirrels in the UK and armadillos in the US and now wild chimpanzees.
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Leprosy, a long-term infectious disease that can cause inflammation of the nerves, airways, skin, and eyes, can cause blindness if left untreated.
The disease is initially symptomatic and may remain undetected for five to 20 years. world According to the Health Organization, about 200,000 cases of leprosy are diagnosed each year.
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