01153nas a2200289   4500000000100000008004100001260001300042653001200055653001500067653001100082653001400093653002200107653001200129653001000141653000900151653001400160653004000174653000900214653001400223100002300237700001900260245011900279300001000398490000700408520043400415022001400849       1981                            d  c1981 Aug10aAnimals10aArmadillos10aFemale10aGranuloma10aKidney Glomerulus10aleprosy10aLiver10aLung10aPregnancy10aPregnancy Complications, Infectious10aSkin10aXenarthra1 aVishnevetskiĭ F E1 aIushchenko A A00a[Pathomorphologic changes in the internal organs of intact and Mycobacterium leprae-infected 9-banded armadillos].  a105-90 v923 a<p>The internal organs of nine-banded armadillos were examined histologically before and after inoculation of the animals with M. leprae. 3--4 months after the inoculation two animals developed tuberculoid structures in the lungs, liver and skin. A conclusion is made that experimental leprosy infection in nine-banded armadillos may run its course not only in the lepromatous but also in the tuberculoid form of the disease.</p>  a0365-9615