02160nas a2200385   4500000000100000008004100001260001300042653001200055653001500067653002500082653002300107653002100130653001100151653001100162653001200173653000900185653000900194653001600203653002600219100001500245700001600260700001200276700001300288700001300301700001400314700001700328700001500345700001200360245010200372856004800474300001100522490000800533520121900541022001401760       2010                            d  c2010 Nov10aAnimals10aArmadillos10aCase-Control Studies10aDisease Reservoirs10aFeeding Behavior10aFemale10aHumans10aleprosy10aMale10aMeat10aMiddle Aged10aSocioeconomic Factors1 aSchmitt JV1 aDechandt IT1 aDopke G1 aRibas ML1 aCerci FB1 aViesi JMZ1 aMarchioro HZ1 aZunino MMB1 aMiot HA00aArmadillo meat intake was not associated with leprosy in a case control study, Curitiba (Brazil).  uhttp://www.scielo.br/pdf/mioc/v105n7/03.pdf  a857-620 v1053 a<p>Leprosy's progression and its maintained endemic status, despite the availability of effective treatments, are not fully understood and recent studies have highlighted the possibility of involved Mycobacterium leprae ambient reservoirs. Wild armadillos can carry leprosy and, because their meat is eaten by humans, development of the disease among armadillo meat consumers has been investigated. This study evaluated the frequency of armadillo meat intake among leprosy patients as well as age and gender matched controls with other skin diseases from a dermatological unit. Armadillo meat consumption among both groups was adjusted by demographic and socioeconomic covariates based on a conditional multiple logistic regression model. One hundred twenty-one cases and 242 controls were evaluated; they differed in socioeconomic variables such as family income, hometown population and access to treated water. The multivariate analysis did not show an association between the intake of armadillo meat and leprosy (odds ratio = 1.07; CI 95% 0.56-2.04), even when only cases with no known contacts were analyzed. We conclude that leprosy is not associated with the intake of armadillo meat in these patients.</p>  a1678-8060