Publication: The Leprosy Bacillus - Can it be Grown?
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Date
1982
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Kuala Lumpur: Institute for Medical Research
Abstract
The leprosy bacillus was discovered by Hansen in 1873 in lepra cells ( mononuclear epitheloid cells ) of patients with leprosy and two tears later, this organism was called 'Bacillus leprae. In 1896 , the tern Mycobacterium leprae was proposed by Lehmann and Neumann on the basic of its acid fastness and this term is generally use at present.
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39p. ; 28cm. Accession No.: DMM0000105 -- DMM0000106
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Dissertations, Academic, Mycobacterium leprae, Leprosy, Multibacillary, Mycobacterium leprae -- Dissertations