@article{7969,
  keywords = {Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Animals, Armadillos, Biopsy, Clofazimine, Dapsone, Diagnosis, Differential, Disease Reservoirs, Drug Therapy, Combination, Endemic Diseases, Female, Humans, Leprostatic Agents, leprosy, Male, Mississippi, Mycobacterium leprae, polymerase chain reaction, Rifampin, Skin, Zoonoses},
  author = {Abide JM and Webb RM and Jones H and Young L},
  title = {Three indigenous cases of leprosy in the Mississippi delta.},
  abstract = {<p>Three native-born patients from the Mississippi Delta presented with leprosy over a 13-month period. None had a history of foreign travel, contact with each other, or known leprosy patients. Two patients' lesions lacked anesthesia, and all had a history of armadillo exposure. These cases add to the association of armadillo exposure and the subsequent development of leprosy.</p>},
  year = {2008},
  journal = {Southern medical journal},
  volume = {101},
  pages = {635-8},
  month = {2008 Jun},
  issn = {1541-8243},
  doi = {10.1097/SMJ.0b013e31816f8610},
  language = {eng},
}