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The Atlantic: Medieval Pets Had One of Humanity’s Most Cursed Diseases
“What’s it doing in red squirrels?” John Spencer, a microbiologist at Colorado State University, recalled thinking at the time. Scientists had long thought that leprosy affected only humans, until the 1970s, when they began to find the bacterium that causes it in armadillos too.
Linked by Mycobacterium leprae: Red Squirrels Illuminate Medieval Leprosy Transmission
An international team, including CSU Mycobacteria Research Labs assistant professor Charlotte Avanzi, utilized archaeological findings to identify red squirrels in medieval England as hosts for Mycobacterium leprae.
CSU research team to develop technology for new rapid, at-home HIV test
The National Institute of Health has awarded a team of Colorado State University researchers $2.9 million to develop a new diagnostic platform needed to create a more accurate and user-friendly at-home HIV test.