Armadillo meat intake was not associated with leprosy in a case control study, Curitiba (Brazil)

Armadillo meat intake was not associated with leprosy in a case control study, Curitiba (Brazil)

Leprosy's progression and its maintained endemic status, despite the availability of effective treatments, are not fully understood and recent studies have highlighted the possibility of involved Mycobacterium leprae ambient reservoirs. Wild armadillos can carry leprosy and, because their meat...

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Main Authors: Juliano Vilaverde Schmitt, Ivone Tod Dechandt, Gisele Dopke, Maria Luiza Ribas, Felipe Bochnia Cerci, Juliana Maria Zucco Viesi, Helena Zenedin Marchioro, Mariana Martins Bardou Zunino, Hélio Amante Miot
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ) 2010-11-01
Series:Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
Subjects:
leprosy
Hansen's disease
HD
risk
case and control study
armadillos
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