Florida leprosy cases hit record high; armadillos suspected as source

Record number of Florida residents have contracted leprosy, a serious infectious disease requiring long-term treatment.

An ancient affliction has returned to modern Florida, not through international travel or historical neglect, but through the quiet wanderings of a common backyard creature. Health officials have confirmed a record number of leprosy cases across the state, with scientists pointing to armadillos — natural carriers of the bacterium Mycobacterium leprae — as the likely bridge between the wild and the human. What was once considered a disease of antiquity or distant lands now asks a contemporary question: how does a society protect itself from a pathogen that moves freely on four legs through its

Florida leprosy cases hit record high; armadillos suspected as source

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