M. leprae infection of vascular and lymphatic endothelial cells of the epineurium and perineurium in experimental lepromatous neuritis
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Infection of peripheral nerve by M. leprae, the histopathologic hallmark of leprosy, is a major factor in this disease, but the route and mechanisms by which bacilli localize to peripheral nerve are unknown. Experimentally infected armadillos have recently bee... ...