TY - JOUR
KW - Infectious Diseases
KW - Microbiology (medical)
KW - Epidemiology
AU - Romero-Alvarez D
AU - Garzon-Chavez D
AU - Jackson M
AU - Avanzi C
AU - Peterson AT
AB - <p>We examined armadillos from museum collections in the United States using molecular assays to detect leprosy-causing bacilli. We found&nbsp;<em>Mycobacterium leprae</em>&nbsp;bacilli in samples from the United States, Bolivia, and Paraguay; prevalence was 14.8% in nine-banded armadillos. US isolates belonged to subtype 3I-2, suggesting long-term circulation of this genotype.</p>

BT - Emerging Infectious Diseases
DO - 10.3201/eid2903.221636
IS - 3
LA - Eng
N2 - <p>We examined armadillos from museum collections in the United States using molecular assays to detect leprosy-causing bacilli. We found&nbsp;<em>Mycobacterium leprae</em>&nbsp;bacilli in samples from the United States, Bolivia, and Paraguay; prevalence was 14.8% in nine-banded armadillos. US isolates belonged to subtype 3I-2, suggesting long-term circulation of this genotype.</p>

PB - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
PY - 2023
SP - 622
EP - 626
T2 - Emerging Infectious Diseases
TI - Mycobacterium leprae in Armadillo Tissues from Museum Collections, United States
UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/29/3/pdfs/22-1636.pdf
VL - 29
SN - 1080-6040, 1080-6059
ER -