TY - JOUR KW - Animals KW - Female KW - Immunocompetence KW - leprosy KW - Mice KW - Mice, Inbred CBA KW - Mycobacterium leprae KW - Thymectomy KW - Whole-body irradiation AU - Colston M J BT - International journal of leprosy and other mycobacterial diseases : official organ of the International Leprosy Association C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3325579?dopt=Abstract DA - 1987 Dec IS - 4 Suppl J2 - Int. J. Lepr. Other Mycobact. Dis. LA - eng PY - 1987 SP - 859 EP - 63 T2 - International journal of leprosy and other mycobacterial diseases : official organ of the International Leprosy Association TI - Application of the thymectomized-irradiated mouse to the detection of persisting Mycobacterium leprae. VL - 55 SN - 0148-916X ER -