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News Release 14-103
Unusual discovery leads to fascinating tuberculosis theory
Seals and sea lions may have carried disease to Americas
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A sea lion from Isla Ballestas, Peru. New research concludes seals and sea lions likely brought tuberculosis from Africa to South America long before Christopher Columbus arrived in 1492.
Credit: Sara Marsteller
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