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

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 ; 28(3): 747-749, 2022 03.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35202538

ABSTRACT

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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Armadillos; Leprosy; Animals; Armadillos/microbiology; Disease Reservoirs/microbiology; Leprosy/diagnosis; Leprosy/epidemiology; Leprosy/veterinary; Mexico/epidemiology; Mycobacterium leprae/genetics

Key words

Dasypus novemcinctus; Hansen disease; Mexico; Mycobacterium leprae; Nuevo León; leprosy; nine-banded armadillo; tuberculosis and other mycobacteria; whole-genome sequencing; zoonoses

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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Armadillos / Leprosy Type of study: Diagnostic_studies Limits: Animals Country/Region as subject: Mexico Language: En Journal: Emerg Infect Dis Journal subject: DOENCAS TRANSMISSIVEIS Year: 2022 Document type: Article Country of publication: United States

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