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Abstract
SUMMARY
Results of a histopathological study of the tissues of a mouse experimentally infected with Mycobacterium leprae indicate that leprosy bacilli can cross the blood-brain barrier and multiply in the brain and that they gain access to ganglion cells by a haematogenous route. The findings are discussed with reference to lepromatous leprosy in man and the use of the thymectomised irradiated mouse as a model for the study of the disease.
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© J. Med. Microbiol. 1970