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Mycobacterium leprae in six-banded (Euphractus sexcinctus) and nine-banded armadillos (Dasypus novemcinctus) in Northeast Brazil
| العنوان: | Mycobacterium leprae in six-banded (Euphractus sexcinctus) and nine-banded armadillos (Dasypus novemcinctus) in Northeast Brazil |
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| المؤلفون: | Cristiane Cunha Frota, Luana Nepomuceno Costa Lima, Adalgiza da Silva Rocha, Philip Noel Suffys, Benedito Neilson Rolim, Laura Cunha Rodrigues, Maurício Lima Barreto, Carl Kendall, Ligia Regina Sansigolo Kerr |
| المصدر: | Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Vol 107, Iss suppl 1, Pp 209-213 (2012) |
| بيانات النشر: | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ), 2012. |
| سنة النشر: | 2012 |
| المجموعة: | LCC:Microbiology LCC:Infectious and parasitic diseases |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Euphractus sexcinctus, Dasypus novemcinctus, Mycobacterium leprae, eco-epidemiology, leprosy, Microbiology, QR1-502, Infectious and parasitic diseases, RC109-216 |
| الوصف: | Human beings are the main reservoir of the causative agent of leprosy, Mycobacterium leprae. In the Americas, nine-banded armadillos (Dasypus novemcinctus) also act as a reservoir for the bacillus. In the state of Ceará (CE), which is located in Northeast Brazil and is an endemic area of leprosy, there are several species of armadillos, including D. novemcinctus and Euphractus sexcinctus (six-banded armadillo). Contact between humans and armadillos occur mainly through hunting, cleaning, preparing, cooking and eating. This study identified M. leprae DNA in the two main species of armadillos found in Northeast Brazil. A total of 29 wild armadillos (27 D. novemcinctus and 2 E. sexcinctus) were captured in different environments of CE countryside. Samples from the ear, nose, liver and spleen from each of these animals were tested by a nested M. leprae-specific repetitive element polymerase chain reaction assay. The samples that tested positive were confirmed by DNA sequencing. M. leprae was detected in 21% (6/29) of the animals, including five D. novemcinctus and one E. sexcinctus. This is the first Brazilian study to identify the presence of a biomarker of M. leprae in wild armadillos (D. novemcinctus and E. sexcinctus) in a leprosy hyperendemic area where there is continuous contact between humans and armadillos. |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article |
| وصف الملف: | electronic resource |
| اللغة: | English |
| تدمد: | 1678-8060 0074-0276 |
| Relation: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762012000900029&lng=en&tlng=en; https://doaj.org/toc/1678-8060 |
| DOI: | 10.1590/S0074-02762012000900029 |
| URL الوصول: | https://doaj.org/article/24976ce931f64ad3a9946829ff0965aa |
| رقم الأكسشن: | edsdoj.24976ce931f64ad3a9946829ff0965aa |
| قاعدة البيانات: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
Full Text Finder | تدمد: | 16788060 00740276 |
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| DOI: | 10.1590/S0074-02762012000900029 |