Seasonal and spatial trends in the detectability of leprosy in wild armadillos

A survey for leprosy among 565 armadillos from Louisiana and Texas found IgM antibodies to the phenolic glycolipid-l antigen of Mycobacterium leprae in 16% of the animals. There were no geographic trends in the distribution of prevalence rates between the sites and the disease probably has a much gr...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Epidemiology and infection 1991-06, Vol.106 (3), p.549-560
Hauptverfasser:	Truman, R. W., Kumaresan, J. A., McDonough, C. M., Job, C. K., Hastings, R. C.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Age structure Animals Animals, Wild Antibodies Antigens, Bacterial - immunology Armadillos Bacteriology Biological and medical sciences Body Weight Dasypus novemcinctus Ear - microbiology Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay Epidemiology Female Female animals Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology Geographic distribution Glycolipids - immunology Immunoglobulin M - analysis Infections Leprosy Leprosy - epidemiology Leprosy - veterinary Louisiana - epidemiology Male Microbiology Mycobacterium leprae Mycobacterium leprae - immunology Mycobacterium leprae - isolation & purification Population structure Prevalence Seasons Sex Factors Sexual Maturation Texas - epidemiology Wildlife Wildlife refuges
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