title: Mycobacterium leprae can penetrate nasal mucosa.
authors.affiliation: National Hansen's Disease Centre, Carville, LA 70721.
authors.forename: C K
authors.initials: CK
authors.lastname: Job
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chehl
authors.forename: G T
authors.initials: GT
authors.lastname: McCormick
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Hastings
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D007918:Leprosy / Q000635:transmission*; D051379:Mice; D008819:Mice, Nude; D009166:Mycobacterium leprae / Q000502:physiology*; D009297:Nasal Mucosa / Q000382:microbiology*