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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 pathogens

Museum 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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