title: Effect of shipment of skin-biopsy specimens to a distant laboratory on viability of Mycobacterium leprae.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Ecology, Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Baras
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Levy
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001706:Biopsy; D006801:Humans; D007918:Leprosy / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008433:Mathematics; D051379:Mice; D009166:Mycobacterium leprae / Q000254:growth & development*; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012867:Skin / Q000382:microbiology*; D013048:Specimen Handling; D013997:Time Factors