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Optimized Protocols for Mycobacterium leprae Strain Management: Frozen Stock Preservation and Maintenance in Athymic Nude Mice
Published on: March 23, 2014
Cultivation ofMycobacterium leprae in artificial culture medium
1Dept. of Pathology & Microbiology (Retd.), Medical College, 700073 Calcutta.
Indian Journal of Clinical Biochemistry : IJCB
|October 27, 2012
Abstract:
The methodology, described here for in-vitro cultivation ofM. leprae may open out a new era in preparation of purified vaccine, production of specific monoclonal antibody and study of in-vitro sensitivity of the organism against the newly discovered drugs, and as such ensures rapid eradication of leprosy.
Keywords:
Culture ofM. leprae
