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USA Today: How is leprosy spreading domestically in the US? Some experts point to armadillos.

In Brazil, where armadillos are considered a delicacy, doctors have linked cases of leprosy to people eating the animal and hypothesized that they could have transmitted the disease to family members living in close quarters, said John Spencer, an associate professor in the department of microbiology, immunology and pathology at Colorado State University.

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