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Can armadillos get infected by leprosy?

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Is it true that armadillos can contract this rare disease?
asked May 19, 2013 in Mammals by (1,570 points)

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Both armadillos and humans have a strain of bacterium that causes leprosy or Hansen's disease as it it known, so the answer is yes. There have been reports of petients coming in contact with armadillos that have contracted the disease.
answered May 21, 2013 by (36,420 points)

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