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Mycobacterium leprae Infection in a Wild Nine-Banded Armadillo, Nuevo León, Mexico

Lucio Vera‐Cabrera, Cesar J. Ramos-Cavazos, Nathan A. Youssef, Camron Pearce, Carmen A. Molina-Torres, Ramiro Ávalos-Ramírez, Sébastien Gagneux, Jorge Ocampo‐Candiani, Mercedes Gonzalez‐Juarrero, Jorge Mayorga-Rodríguez, Leonardo Mayorga-Garibaldi, John S. Spencer, Mary Jackson, Charlotte Avanzi

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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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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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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.

Key concepts: Dasypus novemcinctus, Armadillo, Mycobacterium leprae, Leprosy, Biology, Transmission (telecommunications), Xenarthra, Mycobacterium

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