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Leprosy in Nonimmigrant Canadian Man without Travel outside North America, 2014
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2018 In Canada, Hansen disease (leprosy) is rare and not considered in diagnoses for nonimmigrant patients. We report Mycobacterium leprae infection in a Canadian man whose sole travel was to Florida, USA. The M.
Paul E. Bonnar +5 more
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Armadillo meat intake was not associated with leprosy in a case control study, Curitiba (Brazil)
Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2010 Leprosy's progression and its maintained endemic status, despite the availability of effective treatments, are not fully understood and recent studies have highlighted the possibility of involved Mycobacterium leprae ambient reservoirs.
Juliano Vilaverde Schmitt +8 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 +4 more
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Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology, 2012 Background Placental characters vary among Xenarthra, one of four supraordinal clades of Eutheria. Armadillos are known for villous, haemochorial placentas similar to humans. Only the nine-banded armadillo has been well studied so far.
Rezende Lorenna C +4 more
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Frontiers in Medicine, 2022 Mycobacterium leprae infection of peripheral nerves and the subsequent nerve function impairment (NFI), especially in response to reactional episodes, are hallmarks of leprosy. Improved treatments for M. leprae-induced nerve injury are needed, as most if
Maria Teresa Pena +6 more
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Prevalence of Mycobacterium leprae in armadillos in Brazil: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2020 Understanding the prevalence of M. leprae infection in armadillos is important because of evidence from Brazil and other countries of an association between contact with armadillos and the development of Hansen's Disease (leprosy).
Patrícia Deps +3 more
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Autochthonous Leprosy without Armadillo Exposure, Eastern United States
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2017 Autochthonous leprosy has been reported in New York City, where there are no wild armadillos. Recent autochthonous cases also have been reported in Georgia and Florida and blamed on armadillos, including cases with no known armadillo exposure ...
Tina Rendini, William Levis
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Habitat and Predator Influences on the Spatial Ecology of Nine-Banded Armadillos
DiversityMesopredator suppression has implications for community structure, biodiversity, and ecosystem function, but mesopredators with physical defenses may not avoid apex predators.
Robert C. Lonsinger +4 more
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, 2021 Published as part of Alekseev, Vitalii I., Drotikova, Anna M., Rozhina, Viktoria I. & Bukejs, Andris, 2021, Addenda To The Knowledge Of Beetles (Insecta: Сoleoptera) Of Kaliningrad Region (Western Russia): New Faunistic Records, pp.
Alekseev, Vitalii I. +3 more
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Hoja informativa sobre la vida silvestre de Florida: armadillo de nueve bandas
EDISEsta es una hoja informativa sobre la vida silvestre de Florida dedicada al armadillo de nueve bandas. Esta ficha busca informar sobre las características de este animal, la historia de su presencia en el estado, su distribución actual, biología y ...
Simon Fitzwilliam +4 more
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