title: Detection of persisting Mycobacterium leprae by inoculation of the neonatally thymectomized rat.
authors.affiliation: Hansen's Disease Program, Medical Center, Daly City, California 94015.
authors.forename: R H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Gelber
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Levy
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D003622:Dapsone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D007918:Leprosy / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000276:immunology*; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D009166:Mycobacterium leprae / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D051381:Rats; D012293:Rifampin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013934:Thymectomy
chemical_list: D003622:Dapsone; D012293:Rifampin