On the other hand, the study of the relationships between the human and the armadillo disease should also be given priority. It may be that the armadillos might have been infected indirectly through contact with waste products of leprosy patients, but there is also the possibility that the infection could have been more direct when, according to the custom in many countries, these animals are used as household pets.
UGH.... Think of all the food products coming from South America