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Probable Zoonotic Leprosy in the Southern United States

Author(s) -

Richard W. Truman,

Pushpendra Singh,

Rahul Sharma,

Philippe Busso,

Jacques Rougemont,

Alberto PanizMondolfi,

Adamandia Kapopoulou,

Sylvain Brisse,

David M. Scollard,

Thomas P. Gillis,

Stewart T. Cole

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

new england journal of medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 19.889

H-Index - 1030

eISSN - 1533-4406

pISSN - 0028-4793

DOI - 10.1056/nejmoa1010536

Subject(s) - mycobacterium leprae , leprosy , armadillo , genotype , biology , virology , medicine , genetics , immunology , gene , ecology

In the southern region of the United States, such as in Louisiana and Texas, there are autochthonous cases of leprosy among native-born Americans with no history of foreign exposure. In the same region, as well as in Mexico, wild armadillos are infected with Mycobacterium leprae.

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