Autochthonous Leprosy without Armadillo Exposure, Eastern United States

Autochthonous leprosy has been reported in New York City, where there are no wild armadillos. Recent autochthonous cases also have been reported in Georgia and Florida and blamed on armadillos, including cases with no known armadillo exposure. International migration needs to be considered as a caus...

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Autores principales: Rendini, Tina, Levis, William
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2017
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Research Letter
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5652446/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29048282
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2311.171145
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description Autochthonous leprosy has been reported in New York City, where there are no wild armadillos. Recent autochthonous cases also have been reported in Georgia and Florida and blamed on armadillos, including cases with no known armadillo exposure. International migration needs to be considered as a cause of autochthonous leprosy.
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spelling pubmed-56524462017-11-01 Autochthonous Leprosy without Armadillo Exposure, Eastern United States Rendini, Tina Levis, William Emerg Infect Dis Research Letter Autochthonous leprosy has been reported in New York City, where there are no wild armadillos. Recent autochthonous cases also have been reported in Georgia and Florida and blamed on armadillos, including cases with no known armadillo exposure. International migration needs to be considered as a cause of autochthonous leprosy. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2017-11 /pmc/articles/PMC5652446/ /pubmed/29048282 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2311.171145 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Autochthonous Leprosy without Armadillo Exposure, Eastern United States
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title_full Autochthonous Leprosy without Armadillo Exposure, Eastern United States
title_fullStr Autochthonous Leprosy without Armadillo Exposure, Eastern United States
title_full_unstemmed Autochthonous Leprosy without Armadillo Exposure, Eastern United States
title_short Autochthonous Leprosy without Armadillo Exposure, Eastern United States
title_sort autochthonous leprosy without armadillo exposure, eastern united states
topic Research Letter
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5652446/
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