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==Etiology/Bacteriology==
==Etiology/Bacteriology==
===Taxonomy===
===Taxonomy===
| Domain = [[Bacteria]]
| Phylum = [[Actinobacteria]]
| Class = [[Actinobacteridae]]
| Order = [[Actinomycetales]]
| Suborder = [[Corynebacterineae]]
| Family = [[Mycobacteriaceae]]
| Genus = [["Mycobacterium"]]
| species = [["M. leprae"]]|
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'''NCBI: [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?mode=Info&id=1769&lvl=3&lin=f&keep=1&srchmode=1&unlock Taxonomy] Genome: <font size="2">[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/genome/?term=Mycobacterium+leprae "M. leprae"]</font>'''
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===Description===
===Description===
==Pathogenesis==
==Pathogenesis==

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Etiology/Bacteriology

Taxonomy

| Domain = Bacteria | Phylum = Actinobacteria | Class = Actinobacteridae | Order = Actinomycetales | Suborder = Corynebacterineae | Family = Mycobacteriaceae | Genus = "Mycobacterium" | species = "M. leprae"|

NCBI: Taxonomy Genome: "M. leprae"

Description

Pathogenesis

Transmission

Infectious dose, incubation, and colonization

Epidemiology

Virulence factors

Clinical features

Diagnosis

Treatment

Prevention

Immune Response

Host Response

Bacterial Evasion

References

1 Conway, Tyrrell. “Genus conway”. “Microbe Wiki” 2013. Volume 1. p. 1-2.

Created by Gracen Conway, student of Tyrrell Conway at the University of Oklahoma.