Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Infection during infancy and long incubation period of leprosy suggested in a case of a chimpanzee used for medical research.
- Journal:
- Journal of clinical microbiology
- Year:
- 2010
- Authors:
- Suzuki, Koichi et al.
- Affiliation:
- National Institute of Infectious Diseases · Japan
Abstract
The length of the incubation period of leprosy following Mycobacterium leprae infection has never been conclusively determined, owing to the lack of a method to demonstrate the presence of an asymptomatic infection. We report a rare case of leprosy in a chimpanzee in which a 30-year incubation period was strongly suggested by single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) analysis.
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