27 апр. 2011 г. · For years, scientists have speculated that armadillos can pass on leprosy to humans, and that they are behind the few dozen cases of the ...

29 июн. 2018 г. · human contact with wild armadillos — including eating the meat — has contributed to extremely high infection rates of a pathogen that can cause ...

12 сент. 2019 г. · These studies established that, in Southeast Brazil, armadillos can be considered a natural reservoir of M. leprae . An epidemiological approach ...

Armadillos are one of the few animals that are known to be able to have leprosy and that can transmit the infection.

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.

24 мая 2024 г. · Many questions about the phenomenon remain unanswered. But leprosy experts believe armadillos play a role in spreading the illness to people. To ...

Armadillos are well established as models for leprosy pathogenesis and they are the most abundant source of leprotic neurological fibers for basic science ...

18 сент. 2018 г. · Armadillos can serve as an environmental reservoir for Mycobacterium leprae, the bacterial agent that causes leprosy, and hunting, handling, ...

16 окт. 2023 г. · There is a risk that armadillos may contaminate soil with the leprosy bacteria by burrowing and defecating, infecting humans who later handle ...

27 мая 2024 г. · Many questions about the phenomenon remain unanswered. But leprosy experts believe armadillos play a role in spreading the illness to people. To ...