Leprosy as a challenge to science on the ability to decode its enigma. A hypothesis on how to respond

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 59-64

  Matsuo, Eiichi ^a  

^a Matsuo Medical Laboratory   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACILLI; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CULTURE MEDIUM; DELTA AGENT HEPATITIS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEPATITIS DELTA VIRUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; JAPAN; LEPROSY; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; MYCOBACTERIUM SCROFULACEUM; NEUROPATHY; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGIST; REVIEW; VIRUS REPLICATION;

HUMANS; LEPROSY; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; MYCOBACTERIUM SCROFULACEUM;

EID: 19944404442     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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