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. 1987 Apr;23(2):308-10.
doi: 10.7589/0090-3558-23.2.308.

Surveillance for naturally acquired leprosy in a nine-banded armadillo population

D E Stallknecht, R W Truman, M E Hugh-Jones, C K Job

Surveillance for naturally acquired leprosy in a nine-banded armadillo population

D E Stallknecht et al. J Wildl Dis. 1987 Apr.

Abstract

Samples from 77 nine-banded armadillos (Dasypus novemcinctus) inhabiting a 16.7 km portion of the East Atchafalaya River Levee, Point Coupee Parish, Louisiana, were serologically tested and/or histopathologically examined for evidence of naturally acquired leprosy. Five of 67 (7.5%) armadillos tested sero-positive with ELISA test for IGM class antibodies to the phenolic-glycolipid-1 antigen of Mycobacterium leprae. One of 74 (1.3%) was histopathologically positive as determined by presence of acid-fast bacteria in nerves.

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