The dorsum of the feet of 10 nude mice was smeared with 10(7) Mycobacterium leprae and then pricked with cactus thorns contaminated with M. leprae. In 15 months five of them developed lepromatous nodules at the infected site and disseminated lesions in the ears, nose, tail and the organs of the reticuloendothelial system. Penetrating injuries through unprotected skin contaminated with M. leprae from the environment may play a role in the transmission of leprosy in humans.
BT - International journal of leprosy and other mycobacterial diseases : official organ of the International Leprosy Association C1 -http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7963912?dopt=Abstract
DA - 1994 Sep IS - 3 J2 - Int. J. Lepr. Other Mycobact. Dis. LA - eng N2 -The dorsum of the feet of 10 nude mice was smeared with 10(7) Mycobacterium leprae and then pricked with cactus thorns contaminated with M. leprae. In 15 months five of them developed lepromatous nodules at the infected site and disseminated lesions in the ears, nose, tail and the organs of the reticuloendothelial system. Penetrating injuries through unprotected skin contaminated with M. leprae from the environment may play a role in the transmission of leprosy in humans.
PY - 1994 SP - 395 EP - 8 T2 - International journal of leprosy and other mycobacterial diseases : official organ of the International Leprosy Association TI - Transmission of leprosy in nude mice through thorn pricks. UR - http://ila.ilsl.br/pdfs/v62n3a08.pdf VL - 62 SN - 0148-916X ER -