Leprosy in wild armadillos (Dasypus novemcinctus) of the Texas Gulf Coast: epidemiology and mycobacteriology
s.l; s.n; aug. 1983. 4 p. map, tab.
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em Inglês
| Sec. Est. Saúde SP, HANSEN, Hanseníase, SESSP-ILSLACERVO, Sec. Est. Saúde SP
| ID: biblio-1240482
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BR191.1
Localização: [{"text": "BR191.1", "_a": "01640/s"}]
ABSTRACT
A significant prevalence of leprosy has been demonstrated in wild Louisiana armadillos. The Texas Gulf Coast still has endemic human leprosy, and recent mores in Texas have markedly increased armadillo-human contact. Armadillos were screened by physical examination, and by ear-snip and slit-scrape technique. Animals that screened positive were sacrificed and necropsied under aseptic conditions. Liver, spleen, gross lesions, and four groups of lymph nodes were cultured for mycobacteria and were studied histologically. Base ratios and DNA homology with Mycobacterium leprae were determined on mycobacteria from two armadillos (and two tissues from one of these); these studies indicate that the organism found in Texas armadillos is M leprae. Twenty-one of the armadillos were leprous--4.66%. The local prevalence varied from 1.0% to 15.4%. Epidemiologic implications of these findings and the occurrence of other concomitant mycobacterial infections are discussed.
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Coleções:
Bases de dados nacionais
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Brasil
Contexto em Saúde:
ODS3 - Saúde e Bem-Estar
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Doenças Negligenciadas
Problema de saúde:
Meta 3.3: Acabar com as doenças tropicais negligenciadas e combater as doenças transmissíveis
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Hanseníase
Base de dados:
HANSEN
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Hanseníase
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Sec. Est. Saúde SP
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SESSP-ILSLACERVO
Assunto principal:
Tatus
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Programas de Rastreamento
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Xenarthra
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Hanseníase
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Doenças dos Animais
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Linfonodos
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Mycobacterium
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Mycobacterium leprae
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo prognóstico
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Fatores de risco
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Estudo de rastreamento
Limite:
Animais
País/Região como assunto:
América do Norte
Idioma:
Inglês
Ano de publicação:
1983
Tipo de documento:
Não convencional