METHOD FOR MODELING LEPROSY

摘要

FIELD: medicine. SUBSTANCE: method involves adding synthetic tetrapeptide taphcin at a dose of 0.2-20.0 mcg per 1 mouse to mycobacterial mixture in applying intraplantar administration method in infecting experimental animals with leprosy mycobacteria at a dose of 1×10⁴ microbe bodies per 1 mouse. EFFECT: accelerated increase of mycobacteria accumulation and development of leprosy. 5 tbl