TY - JOUR AU - Vera-Cabrera, Lucio AU - Ramos-Cavazos, Cesar AU - Youssef, Nathan AU - Pearce, Camron AU - Molina-Torres, Carmen AU - Avalos-Ramirez, Ramiro AU - Gagneux, Sebastien AU - Ocampo-Candiani, Jorge AU - Gonzalez-Juarrero, Mercedes AU - Mayorga-Rodriguez, Jorge AU - Mayorga-Garibaldi, Leonardo AU - Spencer, John AU - Jackson, Mary AU - Avanzi, Charlotte T1 - Mycobacterium leprae Infection in a Wild Nine-Banded Armadillo, Nuevo León, Mexico T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2022 VL - 28 IS - 3 SP - 747 SN - 1080-6059 AB - Nine-banded armadillos (Dasypus novemcinctus) are naturally infected with Mycobacterium leprae and are implicated in the zoonotic transmission of leprosy in the United States. In Mexico, the existence of such a reservoir remains to be characterized. We describe a wild armadillo infected by M. leprae in the state of Nuevo León, Mexico. KW - leprosy KW - Mycobacterium leprae KW - nine-banded armadillo KW - Dasypus novemcinctus KW - whole-genome sequencing KW - Nuevo León KW - Mexico KW - tuberculosis and other mycobacteria KW - zoonoses KW - Hansen disease DO - 10.3201/eid2803.211295 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/28/3/21-1295_article ER - End of Reference