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Volume 21, Number 12—December 2015
Research

Zoonotic Leprosy in the Southeastern United States

Rahul Sharma, Pushpendra Singh, W.J. Loughry, J. Mitchell Lockhart, W. Barry Inman, Malcolm S. Duthie, Maria T. Pena, Luis A. Marcos, David M. Scollard, Stewart T. Cole, and Richard W. TrumanComments to Author 
Author affiliations: National Hansen’s Disease Program, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA (R. Sharma, P. Singh, M.T. Pena, D.M. Scollard, R.W. Truman); Louisiana State University School of Veterinary Medicine, Baton Rouge (R. Sharma, P. Singh, M.T. Pena); Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland (P. Singh, S.T. Cole); Valdosta State University, Valdosta, Georgia, USA (W.J. Loughry, J.M. Lockhart); Florida Department of Health, Merritt Island, Florida, USA (W.B. Inman); Infectious Disease Research Institute, Seattle, Washington, USA (M.S. Duthie); Hattiesburg Clinic, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, USA (L.A. Marcos)

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Figure 3

Minimum spanning tree constructed by using single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) and variable number tandem repeat (VNTR) polymorphism profiles for Mycobacterium leprae samples from patients and armadillos from the southeastern United States. Each circle represents a single strain genotype of M. leprae. Large circles indicate that >1 sample (number shown) had a common genotype. Values along lines indicate number of differences between allelic profiles. Human and armadillo samples of common SNP

Figure 3. Minimum spanning tree constructed by using single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) and variable number tandem repeat (VNTR) polymorphism profiles for Mycobacterium leprae samples from patients and armadillos from the southeastern United States. Each circle represents a single strain genotype of M. leprae. Large circles indicate that >1 sample (number shown) had a common genotype. Values along lines indicate number of differences between allelic profiles. Human and armadillo samples of common SNP subtype 3I-2 are indicated by different colors. Only 2 genotypes were present in >1 sample, and both genotypes were present among armadillos and patients.

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