01076nas a2200289   4500000000100000008004100001260001700042653001200059653001100071653001200082653000900094653002500103653002500128653001800153100001600171700001600187700001200203700002100215700001100236700001100247245004300258300001000301490000700311050003200318520042200350022001400772       1986                            d  c1986 Jul-Sep10aAnimals10aHumans10aleprosy10aMice10aMice, Inbred Strains10aMycobacterium leprae10aSciatic Nerve1 aVaishnavi C1 aGanguly N M1 aKumar B1 aChakaravarti R N1 aKaur H1 aKaur S00aSciatic nerve in experimental leprosy.  a373-60 v58  aInfolep Library - available3 a<p>Swiss albino mice were inoculated with Mycobacterium leprae obtained from untreated lepromatous patients. Histopathological study of sciatic nerves showed no abnormality. However a few free acid fast bacilli (AFB) were detected in the sciatic nerves taken from the inoculated limbs during the early stages of infection, suggesting the nerve-fibre route of travel as seen in humans in experimental leprosy, too.</p>  a0254-9395