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Transmission: <strong>The</strong> exact mechanism of transmission is unclear. Leprosy is probably transmitted by droplet infection and direct contact with discharges from respiratory mucous membranes of infected persons. Household and prolonged, close contact appear to be important in transmission. In children
Handling or eating armadillos could expose humans to the bacterium that causes leprosy. Probable Zoonotic Leprosy in the Southern United States Truman, Singh, Sharma, Busso, ougemont, Paniz-Mondolfi, Kapopoulou, Brisse, Scollard, Gillis, Cole. NEJM April 28, 2011 1. Genotyped about 150 strains using 51 singlenucleotide polymorphisms , an 11-bp insertion– deletion with 10 variable-number tandem repeats. 2. Found local infected humans share the same leprosy bacterium strain as local armadillos. 3. Humans contract the disease by handling armadillos or consuming their meat. 4. More than 20 percent of armadillos around Carville infected with M. leprae 5. <strong>The</strong> animals are most common in Texas, but they are expanding their range in Florida, and northward into the Midwest.
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