KANAMYCIN IN EXPERIMENTAL MOUSE LEPROSY

The impact of experimental human leprosy in the mouse on leprosy research.

Experimental leprosy with nude mice.

In 1960, Shepard10) reported a model of experimental leprosy of mouse by means of footpad inoculation technic. This experimental leprosy has been widely utilized in the field of leprosy research, but grwoth of Mycobacterium leprae in normal mouse foot-pad is limited and maximum harvest of M. leprae from infected normal mouse foot-pad is about 106. Several studies were reported concerning immuno...

Antimicrobial therapy of experimental human leprosy (Myco. leprae) infection in the mouse foot pad.

Recent bacteriologic, immunologic and pathologic studies on experimental human leprosy in the mouse foot pad.

Experimental chemotherapy in leprosy, then and now.