@article{96604, keywords = {Dasypus novemcinctus, Hansen disease, Mexico, tratamento, 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 = {

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.

}, 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}, }