01175nas a2200241   4500000000100000008004100001260001700042653001200059653001500071653002700086653001100113653001200124653001800136653002500154100001700179700001400196700001300210245005300223300001200276490000600288520062500294022001400919       1984                            d  c1984 Oct-Dec10aAnimals10aArmadillos10aDisease Models, Animal10aHumans10aleprosy10aMycobacterium10aMycobacterium leprae1 aSkinsnes O K1 aChang P H1 aKuba B A00aLiberated intracellular pathogen--leprosy model.  a195-2100 v23 a<p>Thirty-three mycobacterial strains, 30 by culture and 3 directly from tissues, isolated from lepromatous leprosy and leprosy infected armadillos, were compared by numerial taxonomy and by antibodies from lepromatous patients. An additional 17 strains of the M-A-I-S complex were similarly compared and all strains were compared by rabbit antibodies induced by tissue bacilli from armadillos from culture HZ-15 and by members of the M-A-I-S complex. The results are discussed in terms of the identification of M. leprae against a background of prior long-held hypotheses as to the characteristics of this bacillus.</p>  a0001-5938