@article{10816,
  keywords = {Animals, Antibodies, Bacterial, Armadillos, Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay, Female, leprosy, Louisiana, Male, Mycobacterium leprae, Xenarthra},
  author = {Stallknecht D E and Truman R W and Hugh-Jones M E and Job C K},
  title = {Surveillance for naturally acquired leprosy in a nine-banded armadillo population.},
  abstract = {<p>Samples from 77 nine-banded armadillos (Dasypus novemcinctus) inhabiting a 16.7 km portion of the East Atchafalaya River Levee, Point Coupee Parish, Louisiana, were serologically tested and/or histopathologically examined for evidence of naturally acquired leprosy. Five of 67 (7.5%) armadillos tested sero-positive with ELISA test for IGM class antibodies to the phenolic-glycolipid-1 antigen of Mycobacterium leprae. One of 74 (1.3%) was histopathologically positive as determined by presence of acid-fast bacteria in nerves.</p>},
  year = {1987},
  journal = {Journal of wildlife diseases},
  volume = {23},
  pages = {308-10},
  month = {1987 Apr},
  issn = {0090-3558},
  doi = {10.7589/0090-3558-23.2.308},
  language = {eng},
}