TY - JOUR
KW - Xenarthra
KW - Texas
KW - Middle Aged
KW - Male
KW - leprosy
KW - Humans
KW - Disease Reservoirs
KW - Dapsone
KW - Armadillos
KW - Animals
KW - Aged
KW - Adult
KW - Adolescent
AU - Lumpkin L R
AU - Cox G F
AU - Wolf J E
AB - <p>Five patients with leprosy are presented. Each had had extensive and chronic contact with armadillos. No other potential risk factor for the development of leprosy could be identified. Since the nine-banded armadillo is a known carrier of leprosy in the southern area of the United States, we believe that these patients may have contracted leprosy from infected armadillos.</p>
BT - Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology
C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6643788?dopt=Abstract
DA - 1983 Dec
DO - 10.1016/s0190-9622(83)70206-9
IS - 6
J2 - J. Am. Acad. Dermatol.
LA - eng
N2 - <p>Five patients with leprosy are presented. Each had had extensive and chronic contact with armadillos. No other potential risk factor for the development of leprosy could be identified. Since the nine-banded armadillo is a known carrier of leprosy in the southern area of the United States, we believe that these patients may have contracted leprosy from infected armadillos.</p>
PY - 1983
SP - 899
EP - 903
T2 - Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology
TI - Leprosy in five armadillo handlers.
VL - 9
SN - 0190-9622
ER -