TY - JOUR KW - Animals KW - Armadillos KW - leprosy KW - Mice KW - Mycobacterium leprae KW - Primates KW - Skin AU - Narayanan E AU - Shankara Manja K AU - Bedi B M AU - Kirchheimer W F AU - BALASUBRAHMANYAN M AB -

A brief account of the Slender Loris, Loris tardigradus (Linnaeus) and some of its characteristics which render it suitable for leprosy transmission experiments are recorded. Handling and inoculation methods are given with some of the preliminary inoculation site biopsy results.

BT - Leprosy in India C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/799202?dopt=Abstract CN - Infolep Library - available DA - 1976 Jan IS - 1 J2 - Lepr India LA - eng N2 -

A brief account of the Slender Loris, Loris tardigradus (Linnaeus) and some of its characteristics which render it suitable for leprosy transmission experiments are recorded. Handling and inoculation methods are given with some of the preliminary inoculation site biopsy results.

PY - 1976 SP - 36 EP - 41 T2 - Leprosy in India TI - Experimental transmission of leprosy to animals: a preliminary note on attempt to transmit leprosy to the Slender loris, Loris tardigradus (Linnaeus). VL - 48 SN - 0024-1024 ER -