Search for Mycobacterium leprae in wild mammals

Leprosy is still a worldwide public health problem. Brazil and India show the highest prevalence rates of the disease. Natural infection of armadillos Dasypus novemcinctus with Mycobacterium leprae has been reported in some regions of the United States. Identification of bacilli is difficult, partic...

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Main Authors: Sílvia Cristina Barboza Pedrini, Patrícia Sammarco Rosa, Ísis Meri Medri, Guilherme Mourão, Eduardo Bagagli, Carlos Alberto de Magalhães Lopes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier
Series:Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702010000100010&lng=en&tlng=en