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<blockquote data-quote="Langston Holland" data-source="post: 1435" data-attributes="member: 171"><p><a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703367004576289250929292090.html" target="_blank">Terrible news</a> for a road delicacy second only to possum:</p><p></p><p><em>"Using genetic sequencing, the researchers found that infected armadillos captured in five southern states had the same strain of Mycobacterium leprae, the agent that causes leprosy, as that found in some patients from southern states diagnosed with the disease."</em></p><p></p><p>Just put 'er in the trunk with a shovel...</p><p></p><p><em>"The most likely way people might acquire the infection would be through contact with blood or uncooked flesh from the armadillo, according to James L. Krahenbuhl, director of the National Hansen's Disease Program."</em></p><p></p><p>So good, it's worth a little trouble...</p><p></p><p>Happily, there's no need to take the critter off the menu because <em>"Leprosy is an eminently treatable disease if you recognize it early on," Dr. Fauci said."</em></p><p></p><p>A rare picture of an Amadilly with its feet upside down:</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH]155901[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Langston Holland, post: 1435, member: 171"] [url=http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703367004576289250929292090.html]Terrible news[/url] for a road delicacy second only to possum: [i]"Using genetic sequencing, the researchers found that infected armadillos captured in five southern states had the same strain of Mycobacterium leprae, the agent that causes leprosy, as that found in some patients from southern states diagnosed with the disease."[/i] Just put 'er in the trunk with a shovel... [i]"The most likely way people might acquire the infection would be through contact with blood or uncooked flesh from the armadillo, according to James L. Krahenbuhl, director of the National Hansen's Disease Program."[/i] So good, it's worth a little trouble... Happily, there's no need to take the critter off the menu because [i]"Leprosy is an eminently treatable disease if you recognize it early on," Dr. Fauci said."[/i] A rare picture of an Amadilly with its feet upside down: [ATTACH=CONFIG]155901.vB5-legacyid=1245[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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