01176nas a2200325   4500000000100000008004100001260001300042653001200055653001500067653001400082653001900096653001100115653001200126653001600138653000900154653001500163653002500178100001600203700001500219700001400234700001600248700001600264700001200280700001500292245011500307300001200422490000700434520039500441022001400836       1984                            d  c1984 Jun10aAnimals10aArmadillos10aCytoplasm10aFreeze Etching10aHumans10aleprosy10aMacrophages10aMice10aMice, Nude10aMycobacterium leprae1 aFukunishi Y1 aMeyers W M1 aWalsh G P1 aJohnson F B1 aBinford C H1 aOKADA S1 aNISHIURA M00aUltrastructural features of macrophages of armadillos infected with actively multiplying Mycobacterium leprae.  a198-2020 v523 a<p>Experimental leprosy lesions in the armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus) were studied by freeze etching and ultrathin sectioning. Infected macrophages have distinct intracytoplasmic foamy structures in the form of spherical droplets accumulated around multiplying bacilli. This finding is the same as those observed in human lepra cells and nude mice macrophages infected with M. leprae.</p>  a0148-916X