LAUSANNE, Switzerland, April 27 (UPI) -- Americans who contracted leprosy in the United States did so after direct contact with armadillos, an international team of researchers said.
Researchers at the Global Health Institute at EPFL in Lausanne, Switzerland, and Louisiana State University say there is clear evidence that a never-before-seen strain of Mycobacterium leprae emerged in the Southern United States and it can be transmitted via infected armadillos.