01500nas a2200433   4500000000100000008004100001260001200042653002500054653001200079653001900091653002500110653001300135653002700148653001200175653002700187653004000214653001300254100002100267700001700288700002400305700002000329700001300349700001400362700001500376700002200391700002100413700001500434700002100449700001300470700001400483700001600497700001300513245008400526856006100610300001400671490000700685520036000692022001401052       2024                            d  c12/202410aDasypus novemcinctus10aEcuador10aHansen disease10aMycobacterium leprae10aBacteria10aenvironmental clusters10aleprosy10anine-banded armadillos10aTuberculosis and other mycobacteria10aZoonoses1 aRomero-Alvarez D1 aCalvopiña M1 aCisneros-Vásquez E1 aGarzon-Chavez D1 aWarren A1 aBennett L1 aJanapati R1 aBastidas-Caldes C1 aCabezas-Moreno M1 ade Waard J1 aSilva-Martinod D1 aSchaub R1 aJackson M1 aPeterson TA1 aAvanzi C00aMycobacterium leprae in Nine-Banded Armadillos (Dasypus novemcinctus), Ecuador.  uhttps://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/30/12/pdfs/23-1143.pdf  a2629-26320 v303 a<p>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.</p>
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