Carville No Place for Cowards

Mark Petty

Freelance

Up until 1971, no animal had successfully been inoculated with M. leprae. To date, the mycobacterium still has not been cultured in vitro. Leprosy is a mystery. Armadillos provide the only non-human source of the mycobacterium for leprosy researchers.

Mark Petty, "Carville No Place for Cowards," in POYi Archive, Item #9568, http://archive.poy.org/items/show/9568 (accessed November 24, 2024).