While they can host parasitic worms and even rabies on rare occasions, most of the conversation surrounding armadillo diseases is about leprosy. Besides humans, nine-banded armadillos are the only animals that can carry M. leprae, the bacteria that causes leprosy.
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Nine-banded armadillos (Dasypus novemcinctus) are naturally infected with Mycobacterium leprae and are implicated in the zoonotic transmission of leprosy in ... |
16 окт. 2023 г. · There have also been reports of people getting leprosy after coming in direct contact with nine-banded armadillos, which can carry the bacteria ... |
18 сент. 2018 г. · Armadillos can serve as an environmental reservoir for Mycobacterium leprae, the bacterial agent that causes leprosy, and hunting, handling, ... |
12 сент. 2019 г. · Armadillos have become the primary experimental model for leprosy, mimicking human disease including involvement of the peripheral nervous system. |
Nine-banded armadillos are well suited as hosts for in vivo propagation of M. leprae, and they are used as laboratory and population models for leprosy. |
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