Attempts to cultivate and determine the maximum period of viability of Mycobacterium leprae in tissue culture.
D000818:Animals; D002470:Cell Survival; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D005123:Eye / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D009166:Mycobacterium leprae / Q000254:growth & development*; D009924:Organ Culture Techniques; D010587:Phagocytosis; D051381:Rats; D012509:Sarcoma / Q000382:microbiology; D012867:Skin / Q000382:microbiology; D013737:Testis / Q000382:microbiology; D013997:Time Factors