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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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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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Insights from animal models on the immunogenetics of leprosy: a review

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2012
A variety of host immunogenetic factors appear to influence both an individual's susceptibility to infection with Mycobacterium leprae and the pathologic course of the disease.
Linda B Adams, Maria T Pena, Rahul Sharma, Deanna A Hagge, Erwin Schurr, Richard W Truman   +5 more
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The Nine-Banded Armadillo [PDF]

Science, 1896
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Identification of an attractant for the nine‐banded armadillo, Dasypus novemcinctus

Wildlife Society Bulletin, 2011
The nine‐banded armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus) is considered by many to be one of the greatest nuisance wildlife species in the Southeastern United States.
Holly K. Ober, Lucas W. Degroote, Colleen M. Mcdonough, Russell F. Mizell III, Richard W. Mankin   +4 more
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Histopathology and microscopic morphology of protozoan and metazoan parasites of free ranging armadillos in Brazil

Pesquisa Veterinária Brasileira, 2021
: This study assessed microscopic morphology of protozoan and metazoan parasites, as well as parasite-associated histopathologic changes in five Brazilian free-ranging armadillos. Three armadillos had intra sarcolemmal cysts of Sarcocystis sp.
Alexandre Arenales, Estevam G.L. Hoppe, Chris Gardiner, Juliana P.S. Mol, Karin Werther, Renato L. Santos   +5 more
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