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Frank Cerabino's column offers advice to avoid eating armadillos as a way to blunt the spread of leprosy in Florida
Leprosy, considered by many a frightening disease from biblical times, still exists today, especially in Central Florida which accounts for 81% of cases reported in the state and almost one fifth ...
Florida has confirmed 203 cases of leprosy since 2013 and 11 of them were in South Florida, according to the state’s web-based reportable disease surveillance system.
The region accounted for 81% of cases in Florida and nearly 1 out of 5 leprosy cases nationwide. According to a research letter published in the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases, Central ...
(The leprosy bacterium is difficult to culture and armadillos have a body temperature of 34 °C (93 °F), similar to human skin.) [26] Humans can acquire a leprosy infection from armadillos by handling them or consuming armadillo meat. [27] [28] Armadillos are a presumed vector and natural reservoir for the disease in Texas, Louisiana and Florida.
Cases of leprosy have increased in Florida and the southeastern United States over the last decade, according to a n e w re port.. Leprosy, officially called Hansen’s disease, is a rare type of ...
Infected armadillos make up a large reservoir of M. leprae and may be a source of infection for some humans in the United States or other locations in the armadillos' home range. In armadillo leprosy, lesions do not persist at the site of entry in animals; M. leprae multiply in macrophages at the site of inoculation and lymph nodes. [189]
Armadillos are moving into Indiana. In the southeastern U.S., they've been blamed in some cases of leprosy.