2007
DOI: 10.1590/s0037-86822007000100019
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Detection of Mycobacterium leprae infection in wild nine-banded armadillos (Dasypus novemcinctus) using the rapid ML Flow test

Abstract: Mycobaterium leprae infection was investigated in armadillos from

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“…31 In another study, Deps et al (2007) found 11 out of 37 (29.7%) positive serum samples using the ML Flow test. 32 Search for M. leprae in wild armadillos D. novemcinctus of different geographical areas resulted negative in Florida, Colombia, Paraguay, [33][34][35] and in the Southeast area of the United States, corresponding to Alabama, Ar- kansas, Florida, Georgia and Mississipi, besides other 800 armadillos examined in Florida. 33,36 In the biodiversity of Latin America fauna, of the actual 20 known armadillo's species, 17 are only found in Brazil and have been little studied.…”
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“…31 In another study, Deps et al (2007) found 11 out of 37 (29.7%) positive serum samples using the ML Flow test. 32 Search for M. leprae in wild armadillos D. novemcinctus of different geographical areas resulted negative in Florida, Colombia, Paraguay, [33][34][35] and in the Southeast area of the United States, corresponding to Alabama, Ar- kansas, Florida, Georgia and Mississipi, besides other 800 armadillos examined in Florida. 33,36 In the biodiversity of Latin America fauna, of the actual 20 known armadillo's species, 17 are only found in Brazil and have been little studied.…”
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“…12,20,21 In that case, however, armadillos would remain for some time with high IgM antibody titles against PGL-1 antigen. The study of Deps et al(2007), using ML-flow, may reflect this situation. 32 The objective of the present study was to identify indigenous leprosy in wild animals, looking for a better understanding of transmission.…”
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“…Infected nine-banded armadillos have been identified in the states of Texas and Louisiana and in Central and South America (Smith et al 1983, Amezcua et al 1984, Stallknecht et al 1987, Zumarraga et al 2001. Additionally, biomarkers of armadillo infection have been detected in Colombia and Brazil (Deps et al 2007, Cardona-Castro et al 2009). Several studies have shown an association between armadillo exposure through hunting, cleaning and eating the meat and the development of leprosy (Clark et al 2008, Deps et al 2008, Truman 2008.…”
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“…Moreover, recent work has shown that M. leprae can be found infecting both humans and wild nine-band arma- dillos in this area (Truman et al 2011) and leprosy transmission by wild fauna, even though the agent was first introduced into the Americas by humans, makes leprosy eradication impossible because this disease may persist as a zoonosis. Wild armadillos naturally infected by leprosy have also been found in different Brazilian regions (Deps et al 2007). A case-control study in Texas found a significant association between leprosy and contact Fig.…”
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