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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...
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. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
2015
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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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