[Pathomorphologic changes in the internal organs of intact and Mycobacterium leprae-infected 9-banded armadillos].
The internal organs of nine-banded armadillos were examined histologically before and after inoculation of the animals with M. leprae. 3--4 months after the inoculation two animals developed tuberculoid structures in the lungs, liver and skin. A conclusion is made that experimental leprosy infection in nine-banded armadillos may run its course not only in the lepromatous but also in the tuberculoid form of the disease.
D000818:Animals; D001135:Armadillos; D005260:Female; D006099:Granuloma / Q000473:pathology; D007678:Kidney Glomerulus / Q000002:abnormalities; D007918:Leprosy / Q000196:embryology / Q000473:pathology*; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology*; D008168:Lung / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000473:pathology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology*; D004490:Xenarthra
Patomorfologicheskie izmeneniia vnutrennikh organov intaktnykh i zarazhennykh mikobakteriiami lepry deviatipoiasnykh bronenostsev.