In some patients, the tuberculoid form of the disease occurs. TH1 cells develop and stimulate the infected macrophages to kill ... the bacterium that causes leprosy. The bacterium replicates mainly within macrophages and causes either of two forms of disease ...
... into an unsensitized animal induces an epithelioid cell granuloma in 2 weeks similar to that found in tuberculoid leprosy ... A possible model for nerve damage in leprosy has been developed in the sciatic nerve of the guinea pig. Intraneural injection ... A possible model for nerve damage in leprosy has been developed in the sciatic nerve of the guinea pig. Intraneural injection ... into an unsensitized animal induces an epithelioid cell granuloma in 2 weeks similar to that found in tuberculoid leprosy ...