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LEPTOSPIROSIS 157Rastogi, N., C. Frehel, A. Ryter, H.L. David. Comparative ultrastructure of Mycobacteriumleprae and M. avium grown in experimental hosts. Ann Microbiol 133:109–128, 1982.Smith, J.H., D.S. Folse, E.G. Long, J.D. Christie, D.T. Crouse, M.E. Tewes, et al. Leprosyin wild armadillos (Dasypus novemcinctus) of the Texas Gulf Coast: Epidemiology andmycobacteriology. J Reticuloendothel Soc 34:75–88, 1983.Stallknecht, D.E., R.W. Truman, M.E. Hugh-Jones, C.K. Job. Surveillance for naturallyacquired leprosy in a nine-banded armadillo population. J Wildl Dis 23:308–310, 1987.Toro-González, G., G. Román-Campos, L. Navarro de Román. Leprosy: neurología tropical.Bogotá: Printer Colombiana; 1983.Truman, R.W., E.J. Shannon, H.V. Hagstad, et al. Evaluation of the origin of Mycobacteriumleprae infections in the wild armadillo, Dasypus novemcinctus. Am J Trop Med Hyg35:588–593, 1986.Walsh, G.P., W.M. Meyers, C.H. Binford. Naturally acquired leprosy in the nine-bandedarmadillo: A decade of experience 1975–1985. J Leukoc Biol 40:645–656, 1986. Cited in:Howerth, E.W., D.E. Stallknecht, W.R. Davidson, E.J. Wentworth. Survey for leprosy in ninebandedarmadillos (Dasypus novemcinctus) from the southeastern United States. J Wildl Dis26:112–115, 1990.Walsh, G.P., W.M. Meyers, C.H. Binford, P.J. Gerone, R.H. Wolf, J.R. Leininger. Leprosy—a zoonosis. Lepr Rev 52(Suppl.1):77–83, 1981.Walsh, G.P., E.E. Storrs, W.M. Meyers, C.H. Binford. Naturally acquired leprosy-like diseasein the nine-banded armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus): Recent epizootiologic findings. JReticuloendothel Soc 22:363–367, 1977.World Health Organization (WHO). Epidemiology of leprosy in relation to control. Reportof a WHO Study Group. Geneva: WHO, 1985. (Technical Report Series 716).World Health Organization (WHO). WHO Expert Committee on Leprosy, Sixth Report.Geneva: WHO; 1988. (Technical Report Series 768).World Health Organization (WHO). Trials begin of new treatment for leprosy—diseasecould be conquered [press release]. Geneva: WHO; 3 February 1992. (Press Release WHO 5).World Health Organization (WHO). Progress towards the elimination of leprosy as a publichealth problem. Wkly Epidemiol Rec 68(25):181–186, 1993.Young, D.B., T.M. Buchanan. A serological test for leprosy with a glycolipid specific forMycobacterium leprae. Science 221:1057–1059, 1983.LEPTOSPIROSISICD-10 A27.0 leptospirosis icterohaemorrhagica;A27.8 other forms of leptospirosisSynonyms: Weil’s disease, swineherd’s disease, rice-field fever, cane-cutter’sfever, swamp fever, mud fever, and other local names; Stuttgart disease, canicolafever (dogs).Etiology: Leptospires are spiral-shaped bacteria, with open, hooked ends; theyare motile, aerobic, and culturable, and they measure some 6 to 20 microns long by0.1 microns in diameter. They can be seen under a dark-field microscope and pass