As cultural successors, hedgehogs reside in close proximity to humans. Road traffic, lawn mowers and infectious agents threaten the prickly insect eaters. Some infectious agents can be transmitted to humans. Considerate treatment of wildlife and appropriate hygiene measures minimize the risk of infection, though. A study has now identified Corynebacterium ulcerans — a close relative of the diphtheria causing bacterium — in hedgehogs.
Scientists provide first evidence of diphtheria-like infectious agent in hedgehogs
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