News on leprosy Date Rank LiveRank Popular Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes The case of the armadillo: Is it spreading leprosy in Florida? In an open-air barn at the edge of the University of Florida, veterinarian Juan Campos Krauer examines a dead armadillo's footpads and ears for signs ...
Health officials in Florida report that in the last five months, three people in Volusia County have been diagnosed with leprosy. Two of the cases are thought to be linked to recent contact with nine-banded armadillos. The leathery animal is suspected to be a carrier of the bacteria in ...
Leprosy cases in the southeastern U.S. have doubled in the last decade with most cases found in Florida, the CDC says in a new report. Dr. Aileen Marty, an expert in infectious disease and disaster medicine and a professor at Florida International University, joins "CBS News Mornings" to...
Why Are Leprosy Cases Increasing in FL?Elizabeth GoughGordon
. Sequencing of theM.lepraestrain in modern red squirrel showed it to be closely related to that detected in the woman from Hoxne. The same strain infects the only other animal based source known to exist, the nine-banded armadillo, which has caused some human cases of leprosy in Florida....
New evidence from the Center for Disease Control shows that leprosy (also known as Hansen’s disease) has become endemic in the southeastern United States, predominantly Florida. The CDC asserts that Central Florida accounts for 81 percent of all cases in Florida, and 20 percent of all leprosy...