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PRO/AH/EDR> Leprosy – USA (06): (Southeast) armadillo transmission, spread, RFI

Leprosy -- United States1. Sharma R, Singh P, Loughry WJ, et al: Zoonotic leprosy in the southeastern United States. Emerg Infect Dis. 2015; 21(12) [date cited]; available at ].--Communicated by:ProMED-mail from HealthMap Alerts[Serological surveys conducted prior to 2005 on more than 5000 animals confirm that _M. leprae_ infection was present among armadillos primarily in Gulf Coast states west of the Mississippi River delta (Texas, Louisiana) and Arkansas and Mississippi (). In addition, a unique Read more [...]