title: Detection of Mycobacterium leprae DNA in nine-banded armadillos (Dasypus novemcinctus) from the Andean region of Colombia.
authors.affiliation: Instituto Colombiano de Medicina Tropical-Universidad CES, Cra. 43a No. 52 Sur 99 Sabaneta, Antioquia, Colombia. ncardona@ces.edu.co
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Cardona-Castro
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Beltrán
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ortiz-Bernal
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Vissa
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001135:Armadillos / Q000382:microbiology*; D001706:Biopsy; D003105:Colombia; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis*; D004197:Disease Reservoirs; D007918:Leprosy / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology* / Q000662:veterinary; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009166:Mycobacterium leprae / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods; D012150:Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length; D012091:Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D015047:Zoonoses
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial