Is leprosy spreading among nine-banded armadillos in the southeastern United States?

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 144-152

  Loughry, W J ^a   Truman, Richard W ^b   McDonough, Colleen M ^a   Tilak, Marie Ka ^c,d   Garnier, Stéphane ^e   Delsuc, Frédéric ^c,d  

^a VALDOSTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^d CNRS   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Armadillo; Dasypus novemcinctus; Leprosy; Mycobacterium leprae; Population genetics

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ARMADILLO; DASYPUS NOVEMCINCTUS; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE;

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARMADILLO; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEPROSY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; UNITED STATES;

ALABAMA; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ARMADILLOS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; FLORIDA; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC MARKERS; GEORGIA; LEPROSY; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MISSISSIPPI; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES;

EID: 65249095241     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-45.1.144     Document Type: Article

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