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This historic 1981 image depicts four armadillos, that were being used as subjects in a leprosy study, for they are one of the few animals that can contract the disease, and cultivate the bacterium, Mycobacterium leprae, which is the pathogen responsible for causing this disease.
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Content Provider(s): CDC/ Dr. Charles Shepard
Creation Date: 1981
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Copyright Restrictions: None - This image is in the public domain and thus free of any copyright restrictions.