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Mycobacterium leprae
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Definition
: A species of gram-positive, aerobic bacteria that causes LEPROSY in man. Its organisms are generally arranged in clumps, rounded masses, or in groups of bacilli side by side.
infection
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Leprostatic Agents
Substance
CAS Registry & name
Categories
Source
12-
kDa antigen, Mycobacterium leprae
0
*Antigens, Bacterial
Mycobacterium leprae.
Int J Lepr Other Mycobact Dis 1992 Sep;60(3):382-9
antigen 85B, Mycobacterium leprae
146045-22-9
*Antigens, Bacterial
Mycobacterium leprae.
Nucleic Acids Res 1991;19(20):5789
anti-
leprosy vaccine
0
*Bacterial Vaccines
Leprosy
Mycobacterium bovis
Mycobacterium leprae.
Nature 1989;340(6233):417
O-
(3,6-
di-
O-
methylglucopyranosyl)-
(1-
4)-
O-
(2,3-
di-
O-
methylrhamnopyranosyl)-
(1-
9)-
oxynonanoyl-
bovine serum albumin
0
*Disaccharides
*Serum Albumin, Bovine
Antigens, Bacterial
Glycolipids
Mycobacterium leprae.
Carbohydr Res 1986;156:39
phenolic glycolipid I, Mycobacterium leprae
0
*Antigens, Bacterial
*Glycolipids
Antigens, Bacterial
Mycobacterium leprae.
Infect Immun 1985;48(2):474
leprosin A
0
*Antigens, Bacterial
Mycobacterium leprae
Tuberculin.
Tubercle 1984;65(1):63
phthiocerol dimycocerosate
63642-22-8
*Lipids
Antigens, Bacterial
Mycobacterium leprae
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Virulence.
Biochimie 59:535;1977; Infect Immun 9(1):150;1974; Jpn J Med Sci Biol 29(4):199;1976