Infection during infancy and long incubation period of leprosy suggested in a case of a chimpanzee used for medical research

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 3432-3434

  Suzuki, Koichi ^a   Udono, Toshifumi ^b   Fujisawa, Michiko ^c   Tanigawa, Kazunari ^a   Idani, Gen'ichi ^c   Ishii, Norihisa ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^b Chimpanzee Sanctuary Uto   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOFAZIMINE; DAPSONE; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70; RIFAMPICIN; RNA 16S;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; CHIMPANZEE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; EYE INJURY; FEMALE; HISTIOCYTE; INCUBATION TIME; INFANCY; LEPROMATOUS LEPROSY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SKIN BIOPSY;

ANIMALS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; INFECTIOUS DISEASE INCUBATION PERIOD; LEPROSY; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; PAN TROGLODYTES; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PRIMATE DISEASES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; PAN;

EID: 77956820252     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00017-10     Document Type: Article

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