"Mycobacterium leprae" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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.
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D009166
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B03.510.024.049.525.500.502 B03.510.460.400.410.552.552.502
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Mycobacterium leprae" by people in Profiles.
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Malyarchuk AB, Andreeva TV, Kuznetsova IL, Kunizheva SS, Protasova MS, Uralsky LI, Tyazhelova TV, Gusev FE, Manakhov AD, Rogaev EI. Genomics of Ancient Pathogens: First Advances and Prospects. Biochemistry (Mosc). 2022 Mar; 87(3):242-258.
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Yang S, Makredes M, O'Donnell P, Levin NA. A case of Hansen Disease presenting as tinea versicolor. Dermatol Online J. 2013 Apr 15; 19(4):7.
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Mitchell A, Graur D. Inferring the pattern of spontaneous mutation from the pattern of substitution in unitary pseudogenes of Mycobacterium leprae and a comparison of mutation patterns among distantly related organisms. J Mol Evol. 2005 Dec; 61(6):795-803.
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Sassetti CM, Boyd DH, Rubin EJ. Genes required for mycobacterial growth defined by high density mutagenesis. Mol Microbiol. 2003 Apr; 48(1):77-84.
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Prigozy TI, Sieling PA, Clemens D, Stewart PL, Behar SM, Porcelli SA, Brenner MB, Modlin RL, Kronenberg M. The mannose receptor delivers lipoglycan antigens to endosomes for presentation to T cells by CD1b molecules. Immunity. 1997 Feb; 6(2):187-97.