[Detection of antibodies to M. leprae in saliva of lepric patients].

Saliva of 116 lepric patients were scanned for antibodies in ELISA (with M. leprae cultivated in vitro used as antigen) in order to work out an invasion-free diagnostic tool for lepra. The ELISA findings for "saliva-serum" pairs from same patients showed an increased level of antibodies both in serum and saliva in 39.

[Leprous neuropathies].

The damage to the peripheral nervous system (PNS) is a marker of Micobacterium leprae (M. leprae) infection that develops as a result of the M. leprae invasion to the Schwann cells.

[Electron microscopy of Mycobacterium leprae passed in laboratory animals].

The ultrastructure of M. leprae was studied in the process of its intraplantar passage from man to mice (passages 1-8). Changes in the morphology of M.

[Comparative characterization of the antigenic composition of M. leprae and M. lufu].

The antigenic structure of M. leprae and M. lufu was comparatively studied for the first time.