ArticleEmerging infectious diseases2024
Mycobacterium leprae in Nine-Banded Armadillos (Dasypus novemcinctus), Ecuador.
Article in Emerging infectious diseases, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.
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- Integrated action for skin NTDs: Deconstructing transmission, addressing knowledge gaps, and championing one health strategies.Nature communications · 2026Review
- Comparative analysis of Buruli ulcer in Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire: A cross-sectional study.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2026Article
- Canonical fact versus hypothesis testing to decipher transmission of non-tuberculous and tuberculous mycobacteria: a comparative review.Clinical microbiology reviews · 2025Review
- Hansen's Disease in Ecuador: Current Status, Knowledge Gaps, and Research Priorities: A Literature Review.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Histoplasma capsulatum in wild mammals from Ecuador.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2025Article
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Abstract
We found Mycobacterium leprae, the most common etiologic agent of Hansen disease or leprosy, in tissues from 9 (18.75%) of 48 nine-banded armadillos (Dasypus novemcinctus) collected across continental Ecuador. Finding evidence of a wildlife reservoir is the first step to recognizing leprosy zoonotic transmission pathway in Ecuador or elsewhere.
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