01150nas a2200289   4500000000100000008004100001260001300042653001200055653003100067653002100098653001300119653001100132653002300143653001200166653000900178653001500187653002600202653001300228653002500241653003600266100001500302245008700317300001100404490000700415520042400422022001400846       2010                            d  c2010 Sep10aAnimals10aDrug Resistance, Bacterial10aGenes, Bacterial10agenotype10aHumans10aLeprostatic Agents10aleprosy10aMice10aMice, Nude10aMinisatellite Repeats10aMutation10aMycobacterium leprae10aPolymorphism, Single Nucleotide1 aMatsuoka M00aHistory and characteristics of isolates maintained at the leprosy research center.  a247-560 v793 a<p>The origin, history, sensitivity to anti-leprosy drugs and genotypic characteristics for 27 strains maintained at the Leprosy Research Center in Tokyo are described. Strains are isolated and passaged in nude mouse footpads, and frozen bacillary suspensions with different generations are also maintained. The Leprosy Research Center provides bacillary materials as experimental resources at researchers' request.</p>  a1342-3681