title: Growing points in leprosy research. I. The armadillo as an experimental model for the study of human leprosy.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001831:Body Temperature; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D007918:Leprosy; D008017:Life Expectancy; D009166:Mycobacterium leprae / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012098:Reproduction; D004490:Xenarthra / Q000276:immunology / Q000502:physiology*