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Id: | 18231
| Autor: | Smith, Jerome H; File, Sharon K; Nagy, Barbara A; Folse, Dean S; Buckner, James A; Webb, Lew J; Beverding, Anne Marie
| Título: | Leprosy-like disease of wild armadillos in French Acadiana, Louisiana ..-
| Fonte: | s.l; s.n; dec. 1978. 15 p. ilus, tab.
| Resumo: | An independent survy of wild armadillos in the French Acadiana section of Louisiana revelead that approximately 10% of trapped armadillos had a leprosy-like disease indistinguishable from experimentally produced infections of armadillos with Mycobacterium leprae from human sources. Detailed description of pathologic findings in 2 afflicted animals and proposed model of the pathogenesis are reported.(AU).
| Descritores: | TATUS/imunol LOUISIANA MACROFAGOS/patol MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE XENARTROS/imunol HANSENIASE/diag HANSENIASE/patol HANSENIASE/vet
| Limites: | ANIMAL
| Meio Eletrônico: | - .
| Localização: | BR191.1; 01441/s |
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