Susceptibility of severe combined immunodeficient mice to Mycobacterium leprae

Microbios

Volumn 88, Issue 354, 1996, Pages 19-26

  Ishaque, M ^a   Sticht Groh, V ^b   Togola, D ^a  

^a INRS INSTITUT ARMAND FRAPPIER   (Canada)

^b Klinikum der Ludwig Maximilians Universität München   (Germany)

Author keywords

Foot pads; Infection; Mice; Mycobacterium leprae

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; FOOT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOLOGY; LEPROSY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; NUDE MOUSE;

ANIMALS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CULTURE MEDIA; FOOT; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; LEPROSY; MICE; MICE, NUDE; MICE, SCID; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE;

EID: 0030347782     PISSN: 00262633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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