TY - JOUR AU - Bonnar, Paul AU - Cunningham, Natalie AU - Boggild, Andrea AU - Walsh, Noreen AU - Sharma, Rahul AU - Davis, Ian R.C. T1 - Leprosy in Nonimmigrant Canadian Man without Travel outside North America, 2014 T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2018 VL - 24 IS - 1 SP - 165 SN - 1080-6059 AB - In Canada, Hansen disease (leprosy) is rare and not considered in diagnoses for nonimmigrant patients. We report Mycobacterium leprae infection in a Canadian man whose sole travel was to Florida, USA. The M. leprae isolate was identified as armadillo-associated genotype 3I-2-v1. Travelers to the southern United States should avoid contact with armadillos. KW - armadillos KW - microbiology KW - Canada KW - epidemiology KW - disease reservoirs KW - humans KW - leprosy KW - Mycobacterium leprae KW - classification KW - genetics KW - United States KW - Florida KW - bacteria KW - zoonoses KW - mycobacteria KW - North America KW - tuberculosis and other mycobacteria DO - 10.3201/eid2401.170547 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/24/1/17-0547_article ER - End of Reference