Mycobacterium leprae in Armadillo Tissues from Museum Collections, United States

We examined armadillos from museum collections in the United States using molecular assays to detect leprosy-causing bacilli. We found Mycobacterium leprae bacilli in samples from the United States, Bolivia, and Paraguay; prevalence was 14.8% in nine-banded armadillos. US isolates belonged to subtyp...

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Autores principales: Romero-Alvarez, Daniel, Garzon-Chavez, Daniel, Jackson, Mary, Avanzi, Charlotte, Peterson, A. Townsend
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9973711/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36823763
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2903.221636
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author Romero-Alvarez, Daniel
Garzon-Chavez, Daniel
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description We examined armadillos from museum collections in the United States using molecular assays to detect leprosy-causing bacilli. We found Mycobacterium leprae bacilli in samples from the United States, Bolivia, and Paraguay; prevalence was 14.8% in nine-banded armadillos. US isolates belonged to subtype 3I-2, suggesting long-term circulation of this genotype.
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spelling pubmed-99737112023-03-01 Mycobacterium leprae in Armadillo Tissues from Museum Collections, United States Romero-Alvarez, Daniel Garzon-Chavez, Daniel Jackson, Mary Avanzi, Charlotte Peterson, A. Townsend Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch We examined armadillos from museum collections in the United States using molecular assays to detect leprosy-causing bacilli. We found Mycobacterium leprae bacilli in samples from the United States, Bolivia, and Paraguay; prevalence was 14.8% in nine-banded armadillos. US isolates belonged to subtype 3I-2, suggesting long-term circulation of this genotype. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2023-03 /pmc/articles/PMC9973711/ /pubmed/36823763 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2903.221636 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.
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Romero-Alvarez, Daniel
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Mycobacterium leprae in Armadillo Tissues from Museum Collections, United States
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title_full Mycobacterium leprae in Armadillo Tissues from Museum Collections, United States
title_fullStr Mycobacterium leprae in Armadillo Tissues from Museum Collections, United States
title_full_unstemmed Mycobacterium leprae in Armadillo Tissues from Museum Collections, United States
title_short Mycobacterium leprae in Armadillo Tissues from Museum Collections, United States
title_sort mycobacterium leprae in armadillo tissues from museum collections, united states
topic Dispatch
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9973711/
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