Which human disease are armadillos a reservoir for?

flu
leprosy
pneumonia
smallpox
Armadillos are a presumed vector and natural reservoir for leprosy in Texas and Louisiana. They must have acquired the disease from humans at some point, given that armadillos are native to the New World, where leprosy was unknown prior to the arrival of Europeans.
globalquiz.org
0
Correct this question
5
Very interesting!
reach: rather globalanimalsarmadillosdiseasesLouisianamammalsmedicinenatureTexas

Answers by country

flu
leprosy
pneumonia
smallpox
answers
flagPakistan
12%
80%
5%
1%
77
flagthe Netherlands
2%
65%
13%
19%
46
flagRepublic of Ireland
6%
64%
11%
16%
59
flagthe United States
6%
59%
16%
16%
735
flagRussia
8%
55%
10%
24%
964
flagBelarus
10%
54%
7%
25%
129
flagKazakhstan
8%
54%
13%
24%
98
flagAustralia
11%
53%
14%
17%
84
flagGreece
0%
53%
17%
29%
41
flagUkraine
8%
51%
9%
29%
735
flagthe United Kingdom
6%
50%
21%
20%
307
flagPoland
10%
48%
15%
24%
20648
flagAustria
10%
48%
19%
20%
149
flagthe Philippines
4%
47%
15%
29%
44
flagKG
4%
47%
16%
30%
42
flagGermany
12%
46%
19%
20%
1029
flagSwitzerland
13%
45%
23%
16%
121
flagCanada
7%
45%
16%
30%
79
flagIndia
18%
43%
22%
12%
398
flagUzbekistan
2%
41%
20%
34%
43