00868nas a2200193 4500000000100000008004100001100001400042700001700056700001500073700001200088700001300100700001200113245008500125856006000210300001200270490000700282520037100289022001400660 2018 d1 aBonnar PE1 aCunningham N1 aBoggild AK1 aWalsh N1 aSharma R1 aDavis I00aLeprosy in Nonimmigrant Canadian Man without Travel outside North America, 2014. uhttps://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/24/1/pdfs/17-0547.pdf a165-1660 v243 a

In Canada, Hansen disease (leprosy) is rare and not considered in diagnoses for nonimmigrant patients. We report Mycobacterium leprae infection in a Canadian man whose sole travel was to Florida, USA. The M. leprae isolate was identified as armadillo-associated genotype 3I-2-v1. Travelers to the southern United States should avoid contact with armadillos.

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