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An Acid-fast Bacillus isolated from the Lungs of the Cape Hyrax, Procavia capensis (Pallas)

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IN August 1954 a large epitheloid granuloma containing acid-fast bacilli was observed in a lung from Cape hyrax (locally known as ‘dassie’). This particular animal had been received from New Bethesda, a small village in the north-eastern region of the Cape Province.

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    J. C. WAGNER, G. BUCHANAN, V. BOKKENHEUSER & SHIRLEY LEVISEUR

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WAGNER, J., BUCHANAN, G., BOKKENHEUSER, V. et al. An Acid-fast Bacillus isolated from the Lungs of the Cape Hyrax, Procavia capensis (Pallas). Nature 181, 284–285 (1958). https://doi.org/10.1038/181284b0

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