Jeff W. : I just can't resist making a smart assed remark about seeing how your mind works !
But then, mine is much worse!
Actually Armadillos are a perfect host for Hansons disease, also known as Leprosy, They are currently being used as Lab animals
for research on the disease, as such you are in a lot more danger (not much)from hadling or caring for an Armadillo found in a lab
than in a wild Armadillo!
The Bacterial disease that you can get if you are bit by a deer tick Lime disease is very closely related to Syphlis, probably this
caused confusion in someone you know who passed that information on incorrectly ! Hope this helped and was timely Big AL