'Environmental' sources of Mycobacterium leprae: Issues and evidence

Leprosy Review

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 89-95

  Truman, Richard ^a   Fine, Paul E M ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARMADILLO; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; DISEASE CARRIER; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOOT PAD; GENE REPLICATION; HOST RANGE; INCUBATION TIME; LEPROSY; LEPROSY CONTROL; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIMATE; STIGMA; WATER SUPPLY; ANIMAL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; ARMADILLOS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; HUMANS; LEPROSY; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; ZOONOSES;

EID: 77957354859     PISSN: 03057518     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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