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In addition, there is growing evidence to support a role for armadillos in zoonotic leprosy in South America. The current study evaluated twenty specimens of the six-banded armadillo (Euphractus sexcinctus), collected from rural locations in the state of Rio Grande do Norte (RN), Brazil for evidence of infection with Mycobacterium leprae. Serum was examined using two \"in-house\" enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISAs) and via two commercially available (ML flow and NDO-LID®) immunochromatographic lateral flow (LF) tests, for detection of the PGL-I and/or LID-1 antigens of the bacterium. The presence of M. leprae DNA in liver tissue was examined using the multi-copy, M. leprae-specific repetitive element (RLEP), as target in conventional and nested PCR assays. Molecular and anti-PGL-I-ELISA data indicated that 20/20 (100 %) of the armadillos were infected with M. leprae. The corresponding detection levels recorded with the LF tests were 17/20 (85 %) and 16/20 (85 %), for the NDO-LID® and ML flow tests, respectively. Our results indicate that, in common with D. novemcinctus, six banded armadillos (a species hunted and reared as a food-source in some regions of Brazil, including RN), represent a potential reservoir of M. leprae and as such, their role in a possible zoonotic cycle of leprosy within Brazil warrants further investigation.","is_dataset_classified":null,"base_score":2.8903717578961645,"endowment":2.8903717578961645,"datacite_reuse_total":0,"file_count":0,"downloads":0,"views":0,"has_version_chain":false,"is_dataset":false,"is_oa":false,"pmid":"31775113","pmcid":null,"openalex_id":"https://openalex.org/W2984373120","authors":[],"funders":[],"total_grants":0,"fwci":0.8131,"citation_percentile":0.71670806,"influential_citations":0,"citation_trend":[{"year":2020,"count":3},{"year":2021,"count":1},{"year":2022,"count":2},{"year":2023,"count":3},{"year":2024,"count":2},{"year":2025,"count":6}],"oa_status":"bronze","license":"https://www.elsevier.com/legal/tdmrep-license","oa_locations":[{"url":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0147957119301948","host_type":"journal"},{"url":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0147957119301948","host_type":"publisher"},{"url":"https://api.elsevier.com/content/article/PII:S0147957119301948?httpAccept=text/xml","host_type":"publisher"},{"url":"https://api.elsevier.com/content/article/PII:S0147957119301948?httpAccept=text/plain","host_type":"publisher"},{"url":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cimid.2019.101397","host_type":"journal"},{"url":"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31775113","host_type":"repository"},{"url":"https://arca.fiocruz.br/handle/icict/40996","host_type":"repository"},{"url":"https://patua.iec.gov.br/handle/iec/4002","host_type":"repository"},{"url":"https://www.arca.fiocruz.br/handle/icict/40996","host_type":"repository"}],"fields_of_study":["Leprosy Research and Treatment","Mycobacterium research and diagnosis","Yersinia bacterium, plague, ectoparasites research","Animals","Armadillos","Brazil","Disease Reservoirs","Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay","Female","Leprosy","Male","Mycobacterium leprae","Polymerase Chain Reaction","Zoonoses"],"mesh_terms":["Animals","Armadillos","Brazil","Disease Reservoirs","Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay","Female","Leprosy","Male","Mycobacterium leprae","Zoonoses","Polymerase Chain Reaction"],"keywords":["Dasypus novemcinctus","Armadillo","Mycobacterium leprae","Biology","Leprosy","Serology","Microbiology","Virology","Immunology","Antibody","Ecology","PCR","Immunodiagnostics","Zoonotic"],"sdg_mappings":[],"linked_datasets":[],"clinical_trials":[],"software_tools":[],"database_accessions":[],"source":"live","citation_network_status":"fetched"},"created_at":"2026-08-02T05:28:51.371950Z","pmid":null,"pmcid":null,"fwci":null,"citation_percentile":null,"influential_citations":0,"oa_status":null,"license":null,"views":0,"total_file_size_bytes":0,"version_count":0,"fair_f":null,"fair_a":null,"fair_i":null,"fair_r":null,"fair_zscore":null,"fair_rationale":null,"fair_model":null,"fair_agent_version":null,"fair_fulltext_source":null,"fair_has_llm":null,"fair_computed_at":null,"clinical_trials":[],"software_tools":[],"db_accessions":[],"linked_datasets":[],"topics":[]}