Zoonotic Leprosy in the Southeastern United States

Nine-banded armadillos (Dasypus novemcinctus) are naturally infected with Mycobacterium leprae and have been implicated in zoonotic transmission of leprosy. Early studies found this disease mainly in Texas and Louisiana, but armadillos in the southeastern United States appeared to be free of infecti...

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Published in:Emerg Infect Dis
Main Authors: Sharma, Rahul, Singh, Pushpendra, Loughry, W.J., Lockhart, J. Mitchell, Inman, W. Barry, Duthie, Malcolm S., Pena, Maria T., Marcos, Luis A., Scollard, David M., Cole, Stewart T., Truman, Richard W.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2015
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4672434/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26583204
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2112.150501
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