01489nas a2200421   4500000000100000008004100001260001200042653002500054653001900079653001100098653002500109653001600134653001200150653002600162653004000188653002800228653001300256100001900269700002000288700001400308700001300322700002000335700002100355700001400376700002200390700002400412700002400436700002400460700001400484700001400498700001300512245008900525856006900614300001200683490000700695520035100702022001401053       2022                            d  c03/202210aDasypus novemcinctus10aHansen disease10aMexico10aMycobacterium leprae10aNuevo León10aleprosy10aNine-banded armadillo10aTuberculosis and other mycobacteria10awhole-genome sequencing10aZoonoses1 aVera-Cabrera L1 aRamos-Cavazos C1 aYoussef N1 aPearce C1 aMolina-Torres C1 aAvalos-Ramirez R1 aGagneux S1 aOcampo-Candiani J1 aGonzalez-Juarrero M1 aMayorga-Rodriguez J1 aMayorga-Garibaldi L1 aSpencer J1 aJackson M1 aAvanzi C00aMycobacterium leprae Infection in a Wild Nine-Banded Armadillo, Nuevo León, Mexico.  uhttps://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/28/3/pdfs/21-1295-combined.pdf  a747-7490 v283 a<p>Nine-banded armadillos (Dasypus novemcinctus) are naturally infected with Mycobacterium leprae and are implicated in the zoonotic transmission of leprosy in the United States. In Mexico, the existence of such a reservoir remains to be characterized. We describe a wild armadillo infected by M. leprae in the state of Nuevo León, Mexico.</p>
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