01445nas a2200349   4500000000100000008004100001260001300042653002900055653001200084653001800096653001500114653001100129653001200140653001000152653000900162653001600171653001600187653000900203653002000212653001800232653000900250653001100259653001000270653001400280100001400294700001400308245009900322300001100421490000700432520064200439022001401081       1983                            d  c1983 Nov10aAnimal Population Groups10aAnimals10aAnimals, Wild10aArmadillos10aFemale10aleprosy10aLiver10aLung10aLymph Nodes10aMacrophages10aMale10aMucous Membrane10aMycobacterium10aSkin10aSpleen10aTexas10aXenarthra1 aFolse D S1 aSmith J H00aLeprosy in wild armadillos (Dasypus novemcinctus) on the Texas Gulf Coast: anatomic pathology.  a341-570 v343 a<p>Recent studies of the "naturally occurring leprosy-like disease of wild armadillos" establish that the causative bacillus is genetically identical to M. leprae from human sources, and thus the disease is a zoonosis, sylvatic leprosy. A recent survey of 451 wild armadillos from the Texas Gulf Coast demonstrated sylvatic leprosy in 4.66%. This companion study reports the anatomic pathologic changes seen in the 17 leprous and 17 nonleprous armadillos necropsied in that survey. Findings support previous studies on the histopathology and pathogenesis of sylvatic leprosy, but a broader spectrum of histologic changes are noted.</p>
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