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. 2018 Jan;24(1):165-166.
doi: 10.3201/eid2401.170547.

Leprosy in Nonimmigrant Canadian Man without Travel outside North America, 2014

Paul E Bonnar, Natalie P Cunningham, Andrea K Boggild, Noreen M Walsh, Rahul Sharma, Ian R C Davis

Leprosy in Nonimmigrant Canadian Man without Travel outside North America, 2014

Paul E Bonnar et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2018 Jan.

Abstract

In Canada, Hansen disease (leprosy) is rare and not considered in diagnoses for nonimmigrant patients. We report Mycobacterium leprae infection in a Canadian man whose sole travel was to Florida, USA. The M. leprae isolate was identified as armadillo-associated genotype 3I-2-v1. Travelers to the southern United States should avoid contact with armadillos.

Keywords: Canada; Florida; Mycobacterium leprae; North America; United States; armadillos; bacteria; classification; disease reservoirs; epidemiology; genetics; humans; leprosy; microbiology; tuberculosis and other mycobacteria; zoonoses.

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