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

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...

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Autores principales: 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
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2022
Materias:
Research Letter
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8888246/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35202538
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2803.211295
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Sumario: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.

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