Mycobacterium leprae

"Mycobacterium leprae" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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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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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Mycobacterium leprae" by people in this website by year, and whether "Mycobacterium leprae" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 12 publications over 8 distinct years, with a maximum of 2 publications in 1994 and 2012 and 2014 and 2021
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