TY - JOUR
KW - Animals
KW - Armadillos
KW - Culture Media
KW - Florida
KW - Liver
KW - Mice
KW - Mycobacterium
KW - Mycobacterium leprae
KW - Spleen
KW - Xenarthra
AU - Dhople A M
AU - Kazda J
AU - Green K J
AU - Storrs E E
AB - <p>Contrary to the findings with armadillos from Louisiana and Texas, armadillos from Florida are free of natural leprosy-like infection. Examination of ear clip, nasal, blood buffy coat, liver and spleen of inoculated armadillos from Florida did not reveal the presence of any acid fast bacteria. However, using massive inocula, 6 out of 77 armadillo tissues were found to contain very negligible proportions of cultivable mycobacteria. The significance of these isolates in relation to M. leprae and also to leprosy research is discussed.</p>
BT - Indian journal of leprosy
C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3528335?dopt=Abstract
CN - Infolep Library - available
DA - 1986 Jan-Mar
IS - 1
J2 - Indian J Lepr
LA - eng
N2 - <p>Contrary to the findings with armadillos from Louisiana and Texas, armadillos from Florida are free of natural leprosy-like infection. Examination of ear clip, nasal, blood buffy coat, liver and spleen of inoculated armadillos from Florida did not reveal the presence of any acid fast bacteria. However, using massive inocula, 6 out of 77 armadillo tissues were found to contain very negligible proportions of cultivable mycobacteria. The significance of these isolates in relation to M. leprae and also to leprosy research is discussed.</p>
PY - 1986
SP - 29
EP - 37
T2 - Indian journal of leprosy
TI - Presence of "difficult to isolate" mycobacteria in armadillos.
VL - 58
SN - 0254-9395
ER -