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<blockquote data-quote="Kyle78" data-source="post: 2915948" data-attributes="member: 27210"><p>Armadillos are often used in the study of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leprosy" target="_blank"><u>leprosy</u></a>, since they, along with mangabey monkeys, rabbits, and mice (on their footpads), are among the few known species that can contract the disease systemically. They are particularly susceptible due to their unusually low body temperature, which is hospitable to the leprosy bacterium, <em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mycobacterium_leprae" target="_blank"><u>Mycobacterium leprae</u></a></em>. (The leprosy bacterium is difficult to culture and armadillos have a body temperature of 34 °C (93 °F), similar to human skin.) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armadillo#cite_note-15" target="_blank"><u>[15]</u></a> Humans can acquire a leprosy infection from armadillos by handling them or consuming armadillo meat.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armadillo#cite_note-NYT2011-16" target="_blank"><u>[16]</u></a> Armadillos are a presumed <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vector_(epidemiology)" target="_blank"><u>vector</u></a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_reservoir" target="_blank"><u>natural reservoir</u></a> for the disease in Texas and Louisiana and Florida.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armadillo#cite_note-17" target="_blank"><u>[17]</u></a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armadillo#cite_note-Truman_2011-18" target="_blank"><u>[18]</u></a> Prior to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_colonization_of_the_Americas" target="_blank"><u>arrival of Europeans in the late 15th century</u></a>, leprosy was unknown in the New World. Given that armadillos are native to the New World, at some point they must have acquired the disease from humans</p><p></p><p></p><p>Contrary to the social stigma, <strong>leprosy</strong> is not highly contagious, and does not cause body parts to fall off. In fact, 95% of the world's population is naturally <strong>immune</strong> to the disease and, once diagnosed, a person is easily cured. Transmission from <strong>human</strong> to <strong>human</strong> is through respiratory droplets</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kyle78, post: 2915948, member: 27210"] Armadillos are often used in the study of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leprosy'][U]leprosy[/U][/URL], since they, along with mangabey monkeys, rabbits, and mice (on their footpads), are among the few known species that can contract the disease systemically. They are particularly susceptible due to their unusually low body temperature, which is hospitable to the leprosy bacterium, [I][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mycobacterium_leprae'][U]Mycobacterium leprae[/U][/URL][/I]. (The leprosy bacterium is difficult to culture and armadillos have a body temperature of 34 °C (93 °F), similar to human skin.) [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armadillo#cite_note-15'][U][15][/U][/URL] Humans can acquire a leprosy infection from armadillos by handling them or consuming armadillo meat.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armadillo#cite_note-NYT2011-16'][U][16][/U][/URL] Armadillos are a presumed [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vector_(epidemiology)'][U]vector[/U][/URL] and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_reservoir'][U]natural reservoir[/U][/URL] for the disease in Texas and Louisiana and Florida.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armadillo#cite_note-17'][U][17][/U][/URL][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armadillo#cite_note-Truman_2011-18'][U][18][/U][/URL] Prior to the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_colonization_of_the_Americas'][U]arrival of Europeans in the late 15th century[/U][/URL], leprosy was unknown in the New World. Given that armadillos are native to the New World, at some point they must have acquired the disease from humans Contrary to the social stigma, [B]leprosy[/B] is not highly contagious, and does not cause body parts to fall off. In fact, 95% of the world's population is naturally [B]immune[/B] to the disease and, once diagnosed, a person is easily cured. Transmission from [B]human[/B] to [B]human[/B] is through respiratory droplets [/QUOTE]
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