Wildlife hunting and the increased risk of leprosy transmission in the tropical Americas: a pathogeographical study

Wildlife hunting and the increased risk of leprosy transmission in the tropical Americas: a pathogeographical study

Abstract Background Leprosy remains a persistent public health challenge, where human-to-human transmission of Mycobacterium leprae via respiratory droplets is well established. In the tropical Americas, growing evidence implicates armadillos as important zoonotic reservoirs, particularly through di...

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Main Authors: Alisa Aliaga-Samanez, Patricia D. Deps, Julia E. Fa, Raimundo Real, Jean-François Guégan, Marcela A. Oliveira, Aline Pessutti, Simon Knoop, Juliano A. Bogoni, Thais Q. Morcatty, Roberta Marques, Daniel Jiménez-García, Gabriel F. Massocato, Arnaud L. Desbiez, Danilo Kluyber, Hani R. El Bizri
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2025-05-01
Series:Infectious Diseases of Poverty
Subjects:
Disease ecology
Human-animal interaction
Armadillo
Mycobacterium leprae
Zoonotic diseases
Pathogeography
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s40249-025-01301-z
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