Truman, Richard W.Singh, PushpendraSharma, RahulBusso, PhilippeRougemont, JacquesPaniz-Mondolfi, AlbertoKapopoulou, AdamandiaBrisse, SylvainScollard, David M.Gillis, Thomas P.Cole, Stewart T.2011-11-242011-11-242011-11-24201110.1056/NEJMoa1010536https://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/72814WOS:000289940400009In the southern region of the United States, such as in Louisiana and Texas, there are autochthonous cases of leprosy among native-born Americans with no history of foreign exposure. In the same region, as well as in Mexico, wild armadillos are infected with Mycobacterium leprae.Mycobacterium-LepraeArmadillo ExposureDasypus-Novemcinctus9-Banded ArmadilloHansens-DiseaseWild ArmadillosContactAssociationOrigintext::journal::journal article::research article