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Volume 28, Number 3—March 2022
Research Letter

Mycobacterium leprae Infection in a Wild Nine-Banded Armadillo, Nuevo León, Mexico

Lucio Vera-CabreraComments to Author , Cesar J. Ramos-Cavazos, Nathan A. Youssef, Camron M. Pearce, Carmen A. Molina-Torres, Ramiro Avalos-Ramirez, Sebastien Gagneux, Jorge Ocampo-Candiani, Mercedes Gonzalez-Juarrero, Jorge A. Mayorga-Rodriguez, Leonardo Mayorga-Garibaldi, John S. Spencer, Mary Jackson, and Charlotte AvanziComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Servicio de Dermatología, Hospital Universitario “José E. González,” Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Monterrey, Mexico (L. Vera-Cabrera, C.J. Ramos-Cavazos, C.A. Molina-Torres, R. Avalos-Ramirez, J. Ocampo-Candiani); Mycobacteria Research Laboratories, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA (N.A. Youssef, J.S. Spencer, C.M. Pearce, M. Gonzalez-Juarrero, M. Jackson, C. Avanzi); Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland (S. Gagneux, C. Avanzi); University of Basel, Basel (S. Gagneux, C. Avanzi); Instituto Dermatológico de Jalisco "Dr. José Barba Rubio," Guadalajara, Mexico (J.A. Mayorga-Rodriguez, L. Mayorga-Garibaldi)

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Identification and characterization of leprosy and Mycobacterium leprae acid-fast bacilli in the tissue in the wild nine-banded armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus), Nuevo León, Mexico. SYBR gold staining shows a high density of bacilli in the spleen tissue organized in globi (boxed area at left and inset at right). Image is a merger of 16 images, 0.33 µm apart, in a z-stack taken with a 100× objective lens. Scale bars represent 20 µm (main image) and 5 µm (inset).

Figure. Identification and characterization of leprosy and Mycobacterium leprae acid-fast bacilli in the tissue in the wild nine-banded armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus), Nuevo León, Mexico. SYBR gold staining shows a high density of bacilli in the spleen tissue organized in globi (boxed area at left and inset at right). Image is a merger of 16 images, 0.33 µm apart, in a z-stack taken with a 100× objective lens. Scale bars represent 20 µm (main image) and 5 µm (inset).

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