Dosage and site of entry influence growth and dissemination of Mycobacterium leprae in T900r mice

International Journal of Leprosy and Other Mycobacterial Diseases

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 245-249

  Ebenezer, Gigi J ^a   Arumugam, Shantha ^a   Job, Charles K ^a  

^a Schieffelin Leprosy Res/Train Ctr   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INFECTION RISK; INJECTION SITE; INOCULATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MOUSE; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; NONHUMAN; NOSE MUCOSA; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN ULCER; SMEAR;

ABDOMEN; ANIMALS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FOOT; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; LEPROSY; MICE; MICE, INBRED CBA; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; SKIN; THYMECTOMY; WHOLE-BODY IRRADIATION;

EID: 0038709667     PISSN: 0148916X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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