01245nas a2200289   4500000000100000008004100001260001300042653001200055653002600067653001500093653003800108653001100146653001200157653001400169653000900183653002500192653001400217100002000231700001500251700001900266700001200285245008700297300001100384490000700395520053900402022001400941       1987                            d  c1987 Apr10aAnimals10aAntibodies, Bacterial10aArmadillos10aEnzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay10aFemale10aleprosy10aLouisiana10aMale10aMycobacterium leprae10aXenarthra1 aStallknecht D E1 aTruman R W1 aHugh-Jones M E1 aJob C K00aSurveillance for naturally acquired leprosy in a nine-banded armadillo population.  a308-100 v233 a<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>  a0090-3558