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Distribución y usos de los armadillos en sabanas inundables de Arauca, Colombia

Biota Colombiana, 2018
En Colombia se han registrado seis especies de armadillos, de las cuales cinco se encuentran en la región de la Orinoquia. Para el departamento de Arauca, la información sobre estas especies es insuficiente y desactualizada. Determinamos la abundancia y
Arlex Rodríguez-Durán, Kelly Valencia, Mariella Superina, Ricardo Peña   +3 more
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Translocation of Nine-Banded Armadillos

Human-Wildlife Interactions, 2017
During the last 150 years, nine-banded armadillos (Dasypus novemcinctus) have increased their range and abundance in the southeastern United States. When foraging, armadillos cause damage to agricultural crops, as well as structural damage to driveways ...
Daniel J. Gammons, Michael T. Mengak, L. Mike Conner   +2 more
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Potential Distribution of Colonizing Nine-Banded Armadillos at Their Northern Range Edge

Diversity, 2021
The nine-banded armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus) has become a recent addition to the local fauna of Illinois as a response to habitat alteration and climate change. This range expansion has resulted in the presence of armadillos in areas not predicted by
Carly J. Haywood, Clayton K. Nielsen, F. Agustín Jiménez   +2 more
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Armadillo [PDF]

Occupational Medicine, 2014
Abstract In Armadillo John Hobson briefly explores the link between the armadillo and leprosy.
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Mycobacterium leprae in six-banded (Euphractus sexcinctus) and nine-banded armadillos (Dasypus novemcinctus) in Northeast Brazil

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2012
Human beings are the main reservoir of the causative agent of leprosy, Mycobacterium leprae. In the Americas, nine-banded armadillos (Dasypus novemcinctus) also act as a reservoir for the bacillus.
Cristiane Cunha Frota, Luana Nepomuceno Costa Lima, Adalgiza da Silva Rocha, Philip Noel Suffys, Benedito Neilson Rolim, Laura Cunha Rodrigues, Maurício Lima Barreto, Carl Kendall, Ligia Regina Sansigolo Kerr   +8 more
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Zoonotic Leprosy in the Southeastern United States

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2015
Nine-banded armadillos (Dasypus novemcinctus) are naturally infected with Mycobacterium leprae and have been implicated in zoonotic transmission of leprosy.
Rahul Sharma, Pushpendra Singh, W.J. Loughry, J. Mitchell Lockhart, W. Barry Inman, Malcolm S. Duthie, Maria T. Pena, Luis A. Marcos, David M. Scollard, Stewart T. Cole, Richard W. Truman   +10 more
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Pesquisa de anticorpos anti PGL-I através de ELISA em tatus selvagens do Brasil Research regarding anti-PGL-I antibodies by ELISA in wild armadillos from Brazil

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2008
Tatus têm sido envolvidos na transmissão da hanseníase e considerados como fonte de Mycobacterium leprae em muitas publicações. Médicos de partes dos EUA consideram o contato com tatus um fator de risco para hanseníase.
Patrícia D. Deps, João Marcelo A.P. Antunes, Carlos Faria, Samira Bührer-Sékula, Zoilo P. Camargo, Diltor V. Opromola, Jane Tomimori   +6 more
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Detection of Mycobacterium leprae infection in wild nine-banded armadillos (Dasypus novemcinctus) using the rapid ML Flow test Detecção de infecção pelo Mycobacterium leprae em tatus selvagens da espécie Dasypus novemcinctus utilizando o teste rápido ML Flow

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2007
Mycobaterium leprae infection was investigated in armadillos from the State of Espírito Santo, Brazil. The ML Flow test was performed on 37 nine-banded armadillos and positive results were found in 11 (29.7%).
Patrícia Duarte Deps, João Marcelo Azevedo de Paula Antunes, Jane Tomimori-Yamashita   +2 more
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Mycobacterium leprae in Armadillo Tissues from Museum Collections, United States

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2023
We examined armadillos from museum collections in the United States using molecular assays to detect leprosy-causing bacilli. We found Mycobacterium leprae bacilli in samples from the United States, Bolivia, and Paraguay; prevalence was 14.8% in nine ...
Daniel Romero-Alvarez, Daniel Garzon-Chavez, Mary Jackson, Charlotte Avanzi, A. Townsend Peterson   +4 more
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Evidencias de parásitos internos en animales vivos: una población de Chaetophractus vellerosus (Xenarthra: Dasypodidae) como modelo de estudio coproparasitológico

Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, 2015
El objetivo de este trabajo fue analizar la fauna parasitaria de una población de Chaetophractus vellerosusde Magdalena, provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina, mediante análisis coproparasitológicos.
Cecilia Ezquiaga, Guillermo H. Cassini, Graciela T. Navone   +2 more
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