TY - JOUR
KW - Dasypus novemcinctus
KW - Ecuador
KW - Hansen disease
KW - Mycobacterium leprae
KW - Bacteria
KW - environmental clusters
KW - leprosy
KW - nine-banded armadillos
KW - Tuberculosis and other mycobacteria
KW - Zoonoses
AU - Romero-Alvarez D
AU - Calvopiña M
AU - Cisneros-Vásquez E
AU - Garzon-Chavez D
AU - Warren A
AU - Bennett L
AU - Janapati R
AU - Bastidas-Caldes C
AU - Cabezas-Moreno M
AU - de Waard J
AU - Silva-Martinod D
AU - Schaub R
AU - Jackson M
AU - Peterson TA
AU - Avanzi C
AB - <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>

BT - Emerging infectious diseases
C1 - <p>https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/39592404</p>

DA - 12/2024
DO - 10.3201/eid3012.231143
IS - 12
J2 - Emerg Infect Dis
LA - ENG
M3 - Article
N2 - <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>

PY - 2024
SP - 2629
EP - 2632
T2 - Emerging infectious diseases
TI - Mycobacterium leprae in Nine-Banded Armadillos (Dasypus novemcinctus), Ecuador.
UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/30/12/pdfs/23-1143.pdf
VL - 30
SN - 1080-6059
ER -