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Genotyping of Mycobacterium leprae in humans and six-banded armadillos suggests lack of inter-species transmission in Rio Grande do Norte, northeast Brazil.
Acta tropica - 1 Aug 2026
Ferreira Jessica da Silva, Conceição Emilyn Costa, Antunes João Marcelo Azevedo de Paula, Fontes Amanda Nb, Vasconcellos Sidra Ezídio, Souza E Guimarães Ricardo José de Paula, Lisboa Nobre Maurício, Glauce Ismênia, McIntosh Douglas, Suffys Philip Noel
Abstract excerpt
The detection of Mycobacterium leprae in non-human hosts, particularly armadillos, has raised questions about their role in the transmission of leprosy. In the United States, M. leprae strains present in Dasypus novemcinctus armadillos are involved in maintaining the disease. In Brazil, various armadillo species are recognized as naturally infected hosts for M. leprae, and the handling or consumption of armadillo...
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