Volume 21, Number 12—December 2015
Research
Zoonotic Leprosy in the Southeastern United States
Table 1
Serologic and molecular detection of Mycobacterium leprae infections among armadillos from various locations in the southeastern United States*
Location |
No. blood or serum samples |
Serologic screening, no. samples positive for M. leprae antigen |
No. lymph node samples tested |
PCR, no. samples positive for M. leprae DNA |
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LID1 |
PGL1 |
LID1 or PGL1 |
LID1 and PGL1 |
RLEP locus |
hsp 18 locus |
One site |
Two sites |
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CMB | 31 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
VAL | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
MRI | 65 | 9 | 16 | 18 | 7 | 17 | 16 | 14 | 17 | 13 |
CON | 38 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
DSO | 23 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 3 |
PNB | 117 | 11 | 13 | 20 | 4 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 |
PBH | 23 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
TLT | 340 | 24 | 31 | 45 | 10 | 42 | 41 | 36 | 42 | 36 |
Total | 645 | 64 | 65 | 106 | 23 | 95 | 92 | 76 | 95 | 75 |
*LID, leprosy IDRI diagnostic 1 antigen; PGL, phenolic glycolipid 1 antigen; RLEP, mutlicopy repeat sequence; hsp, heat shock protein; CMB, Camp Blanding, FL; VLD: Valdosta, GA; MRI, Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, FL; CON, Conecuh National Forest, AL; DSO, DeSoto National Forest, MS; PNB, Pinebloom Plantation, Albany, GA; PBH, Pebble Hill Plantation, Thomasville GA; TLT, Tall Timbers Research Station and Land Conservancy, Tallahassee, FL.