@article{96604,
  keywords = {Dasypus novemcinctus, Hansen disease, Mexico, Mycobacterium leprae, Nuevo León, leprosy, Nine-banded armadillo, Tuberculosis and other mycobacteria, whole-genome sequencing, Zoonoses},
  author = {Vera-Cabrera L and Ramos-Cavazos C and Youssef N and Pearce C and Molina-Torres C and Avalos-Ramirez R and Gagneux S and Ocampo-Candiani J and Gonzalez-Juarrero M and Mayorga-Rodriguez J and Mayorga-Garibaldi L and Spencer J and Jackson M and Avanzi C},
  title = {Mycobacterium leprae Infection in a Wild Nine-Banded Armadillo, Nuevo León, Mexico.},
  abstract = {<p>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.</p>
},
  year = {2022},
  journal = {Emerging infectious diseases},
  volume = {28},
  pages = {747-749},
  month = {03/2022},
  issn = {1080-6059},
  url = {https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/28/3/pdfs/21-1295-combined.pdf},
  doi = {10.3201/eid2803.211295},
  language = {eng},
}