01184nas a2200301   4500000000100000008004100001260001300042653001200055653001300067653001200080653000900092653002500101653001500126653001700141100001100158700001600169700001200185700001300197700001100210700002000221700001400241245009300255300001100348490000700359050003200366520047000398022001400868       1981                            d  c1981 Jul10aAnimals10aImmunity10aleprosy10aMice10aMice, Inbred Strains10aThymectomy10aThymus Gland1 aKaur S1 aGanguly N K1 aKumar B1 aSharma S1 aKaur M1 aChakravarti R K1 aMitra S K00aMyco. leprae infection in normal, thymectomised irradiated and thymus transplanted mice.  a425-310 v53  aInfolep Library - available3 a<p>Normal mice and thymectomised, X-irradiated and thymic transplanted groups of mice were challenged with 10(3) Myco. leprae in the foot pad. Course of infection was studied for a period of seven months by sacrificing animals every month and counting the bacilli from the pooled tissues. In the thymectomised irradiated group the counts showed a plateau from 5th month onwards, whereas in control and thymus implant group the counts rose in 6th and 7th months.</p>  a0024-1024