title: Detection of Mycobacterium leprae infection in wild nine-banded armadillos (Dasypus novemcinctus) using the rapid ML Flow test.
abstract: Mycobaterium leprae infection was investigated in armadillos from the State of Espírito Santo, Brazil. The ML Flow test was performed on 37 nine-banded armadillos and positive results were found in 11 (29.7%). The ML Flow test may be used to identify possible sources of Mycobaterium leprae among wild armadillos.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Medicina Social, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Vitória, ES. pdeps@uol.com.br
authors.forename: Patrícia Duarte
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Deps
authors.forename: João Marcelo Azevedo de Paula
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Antunes
authors.forename: Jane
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tomimori-Yamashita
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000942:Antigens, Bacterial / Q000097:blood*; D001135:Armadillos / Q000382:microbiology*; D001938:Brazil; D006017:Glycolipids / Q000097:blood*; D007118:Immunoassay / Q000379:methods / Q000662:veterinary*; D007075:Immunoglobulin M / Q000097:blood*; D007918:Leprosy / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000662:veterinary*; D009166:Mycobacterium leprae / Q000276:immunology*; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity
chemical_list: D000942:Antigens, Bacterial; D006017:Glycolipids; D007075:Immunoglobulin M; C045169:phenolic glycolipid I, Mycobacterium leprae