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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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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
2022
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| 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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| 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 |
| author_facet | 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 |
| author_sort | Vera-Cabrera, Lucio |
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| 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. |
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| language | English |
| publishDate | 2022 |
| publisher | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
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| spelling | pubmed-88882462022-03-02 Mycobacterium leprae Infection in a Wild Nine-Banded Armadillo, Nuevo León, Mexico 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 Emerg Infect Dis Research Letter 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. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2022-03 /pmc/articles/PMC8888246/ /pubmed/35202538 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2803.211295 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Emerging Infectious Diseases 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. |
| spellingShingle | Research Letter 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 Mycobacterium leprae Infection in a Wild Nine-Banded Armadillo, Nuevo León, Mexico |
| title | Mycobacterium leprae Infection in a Wild Nine-Banded Armadillo, Nuevo León, Mexico |
| title_full | Mycobacterium leprae Infection in a Wild Nine-Banded Armadillo, Nuevo León, Mexico |
| title_fullStr | Mycobacterium leprae Infection in a Wild Nine-Banded Armadillo, Nuevo León, Mexico |
| title_full_unstemmed | Mycobacterium leprae Infection in a Wild Nine-Banded Armadillo, Nuevo León, Mexico |
| title_short | Mycobacterium leprae Infection in a Wild Nine-Banded Armadillo, Nuevo León, Mexico |
| title_sort | mycobacterium leprae infection in a wild nine-banded armadillo, nuevo león, mexico |
| topic | Research Letter |
| url | 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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