TY - JOUR
KW - Zoonoses
KW - United States
KW - Tuberculosis and other mycobacteria
KW - New York
KW - Mycobacterium leprae
KW - leprosy
KW - Immigration
KW - Georgia
KW - Florida
KW - Bacteria
KW - Armadillo
AU - Rendini T
AU - Levis W
AB - <p>Autochthonous leprosy has been reported in New York City, where there are no wild armadillos. Recent autochthonous cases also have been reported in Georgia and Florida and blamed on armadillos, including cases with no known armadillo exposure. International migration needs to be considered as a cause of autochthonous leprosy.</p>

BT - Emerging infectious diseases
C1 - <p>http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29048282?dopt=Abstract</p>

DO - 10.3201/eid2311.171145
IS - 11
J2 - Emerging Infect. Dis.
LA - eng
N2 - <p>Autochthonous leprosy has been reported in New York City, where there are no wild armadillos. Recent autochthonous cases also have been reported in Georgia and Florida and blamed on armadillos, including cases with no known armadillo exposure. International migration needs to be considered as a cause of autochthonous leprosy.</p>

PY - 2017
EP - 1928
T2 - Emerging infectious diseases
TI - Autochthonous Leprosy without Armadillo Exposure, Eastern United States.
UR - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5652446/pdf/17-1145.pdf
VL - 23
SN - 1080-6059
ER -