TY - JOUR
KW - Animals
KW - Armadillos
KW - Cercopithecidae
KW - Humans
KW - leprosy
KW - Monkey Diseases
KW - Mycobacterium leprae
KW - Pan troglodytes
KW - United States
KW - Zoonoses
AU - Walsh G P
AU - Meyers W M
AU - Binford C H
AU - Gormus B J
AU - Baskin G B
AU - Wolf R H
AU - Gerone P J
AB - <p>Naturally-acquired leprosy has been reported in nine-banded armadillos captured in the southern United States, a chimpanzee from Sierra Leone, and in two "sooty" mangabey monkeys from Nigeria. A significant prevalence of leprosy in wild armadillos establishes this animal as a reservoir of M. leprae, and exposure to armadillos has been implicated as a source of leprosy in humans. Current evidence suggests that leprosy is a zoonosis in certain nonhuman primate species. Control and eradication programs for leprosy should take into consideration the possible influence of extra-human sources of M. leprae, especially zoonotic leprosy.</p>
BT - Acta leprologica
C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3051854?dopt=Abstract
DA - 1988 Jan-Mar
IS - 1
J2 - Acta Leprol
LA - eng
N2 - <p>Naturally-acquired leprosy has been reported in nine-banded armadillos captured in the southern United States, a chimpanzee from Sierra Leone, and in two "sooty" mangabey monkeys from Nigeria. A significant prevalence of leprosy in wild armadillos establishes this animal as a reservoir of M. leprae, and exposure to armadillos has been implicated as a source of leprosy in humans. Current evidence suggests that leprosy is a zoonosis in certain nonhuman primate species. Control and eradication programs for leprosy should take into consideration the possible influence of extra-human sources of M. leprae, especially zoonotic leprosy.</p>
PY - 1988
SP - 51
EP - 60
T2 - Acta leprologica
TI - Leprosy as a zoonosis: an update.
VL - 6
SN - 0001-5938
ER -