Mycobacterium leprae Infection in a Wild Nine-Banded Armadillo, Nuevo León, Mexico

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Vera-Cabrera, Lucio ; Ramos-Cavazos, Cesar J. ; Youssef, Nathan A. ; Pearce, Camron M. ; Molina-Torres, Carmen A. ; Avalos-Ramirez, Ramiro ; Gagneux, Sebastien ; Ocampo-Candiani, Jorge ; Gonzalez-Juarrero, Mercedes ; Mayorga-Rodriguez, Jorge A. ; Mayorga-Garibaldi, Leonardo ; Spencer, John S. ; Jackson, Mary ; Avanzi, Charlotte
• Description:
  Nine-banded armadillos (Dasypus novemcinctus) are naturally infected with Mycobacterium leprae and are implicated in the zoonotic transmission of leprosy in the United States. In Mexico, the existence of such a reservoir remains to be characterized. We describe a wild armadillo infected by M. leprae in the state of Nuevo León, Mexico.
• Subjects:
  Animals Armadillos Disease Reservoirs Leprosy Mycobacterium Leprae
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 2022; 28(3):747-749
• Pubmed ID:
  35202538
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC8888246
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  S10 RR023735/RR/NCRR NIH HHSUnited States/
• Genre:
  Letter
• Place as Subject:
  Mexico
• Volume:
  28
• Issue:
  3
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:fd4eda4ff837d05e86989a6fecda85abef285e57b09c3ebdfa04a9ce069eb44d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/115206/cdc_115206_DS1.pdf
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