01056nas a2200265   4500000000100000008004100001260001300042653001000055653001200065653001100077653001100088653001200099653000900111653002500120653001700145100001600162700002000178700001300198245008200211300001000293490000700303050003200310520043400342022001400776       1977                            d  c1977 Apr10aAedes10aAnimals10aFemale10aHumans10aleprosy10aMice10aMycobacterium leprae10aTime Factors1 aNarayanan E1 aKirchheimer W F1 aBedi B M00aTransfer of leprosy bacilli from patients to mouse footpads by Aedes aegypti.  a181-60 v49  aInfolep Library - available3 a<p>Aedes aegypti mosquitoes which were first allowed to feed on untreated lepromatous leprosy patients, and then to refeed on mouse footpads were found to transfer Mycobacterium leprae to the footpads as seen by the subsequent multiplication of the bacilli in the footpads. Results presently available are insufficient to come to any conclusion about the actual role of mosquitoes in the transmission of leprosy in the field.</p>  a0024-1024