@article{10423,
  keywords = {Animals, Armadillos, Cercopithecidae, Humans, leprosy, Monkey Diseases, Mycobacterium leprae, Pan troglodytes, United States, Zoonoses},
  author = {Walsh G P and Meyers W M and Binford C H and Gormus B J and Baskin G B and Wolf R H and Gerone P J},
  title = {Leprosy as a zoonosis: an update.},
  abstract = {<p>Naturally-acquired leprosy has been reported in nine-banded armadillos captured in the southern United States, a chimpanzee from Sierra Leone, and in two "sooty" mangabey monkeys from Nigeria. A significant prevalence of leprosy in wild armadillos establishes this animal as a reservoir of M. leprae, and exposure to armadillos has been implicated as a source of leprosy in humans. Current evidence suggests that leprosy is a zoonosis in certain nonhuman primate species. Control and eradication programs for leprosy should take into consideration the possible influence of extra-human sources of M. leprae, especially zoonotic leprosy.</p>},
  year = {1988},
  journal = {Acta leprologica},
  volume = {6},
  pages = {51-60},
  month = {1988 Jan-Mar},
  issn = {0001-5938},
  language = {eng},
}