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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Autores principales: 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.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2015
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4672434/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26583204
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2112.150501

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4672434/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26583204
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2112.150501

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