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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Dispatch
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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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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