Mycobacterium leprae in Nine-Banded Armadillos (Dasypus novemcinctus), Ecuador
| Title: | Mycobacterium leprae in Nine-Banded Armadillos (Dasypus novemcinctus), Ecuador |
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| Authors: | Daniel Romero-Alvarez, Manuel Calvopiña, Emily Cisneros-Vásquez, Daniel Garzon-Chavez, Alaine K. Warren, Lauren S. Bennett, Ritika R. Janapati, Carlos Bastidas-Caldes, Melanie Cabezas-Moreno, Jacobus H. de Waard, Daniela Silva-Martinod, Roxane Schaub, Mary Jackson, A. Townsend Peterson, Charlotte Avanzi |
| Source: | Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 30, Iss 12, Pp 2629-2632 (2024) |
| Publisher Information: | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2024. |
| Publication Year: | 2024 |
| Collection: | LCC:Medicine LCC:Infectious and parasitic diseases |
| Subject Terms: | Mycobacterium leprae, bacteria, zoonoses, nine-banded armadillos, Dasypus novemcinctus, leprosy, Medicine, Infectious and parasitic diseases, RC109-216 |
| More Details: | We found Mycobacterium leprae, the most common etiologic agent of Hansen disease or leprosy, in tissues from 9 (18.75%) of 48 nine-banded armadillos (Dasypus novemcinctus) collected across continental Ecuador. Finding evidence of a wildlife reservoir is the first step to recognizing leprosy zoonotic transmission pathway in Ecuador or elsewhere. |
| Document Type: | article |
| File Description: | electronic resource |
| Language: | English |
| ISSN: | 1080-6040 1080-6059 |
| Relation: | https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/30/12/23-1143_article; https://doaj.org/toc/1080-6040; https://doaj.org/toc/1080-6059 |
| DOI: | 10.3201/eid3012.231143 |
| Access URL: | https://doaj.org/article/252a071a8bcf4c76a98f525bf77a8641 |
| Accession Number: | edsdoj.252a071a8bcf4c76a98f525bf77a8641 |
| Database: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
| ISSN: | 10806040 10806059 |
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| DOI: | 10.3201/eid3012.231143 |
| Published in: | Emerging Infectious Diseases |
| Language: | English |