‘The armadillo war: a forged map, false figures, and a failed vaccine trial’
- Date:
- 1990s
- Reference:
- PP/MCD/D/2/2
- Part of:
- Papers of Dr Colin McDougall (1924-2006)
- Archives and manuscripts
About this work
Description
A manuscript of probably unpublished paper by HP Burchfield, who had written on leprosy in wild armadillos before, detailing a cover-up by the US Public Health Service of leprosy among wild armadillos in Louisiana and Texas in the 1970s.
Publication/Creation
1990s
Physical description
1 file
Related material
At Wellcome Collection: MS. 8163 [Controversies surrounding the development of the armadillo as a model for leprosy H. P. Burchfield].
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Location Status Access Closed stores