Talk:Mycobacterium leprae

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Issues outstanding
The WHO www recommends two indices for the quantification of infection: the bacteriological index (BI: a measure of bacterial load) and the morphological index (MI: a measure of bacterial viability).

Final section seems to have minor vandalism ("ethiopean hospital")? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.160.113.36 (talk) 09:39, 17 May 2014 (UTC)

Order says "no no no no" Obviously wrong. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 131.123.21.185 (talk) 17:04, 22 March 2013 (UTC)

Help needed
Our distinguished colleague Theresa Knott (theresa knott) has recently misled readers in at least four major medical articles (Mycobacterium leprae, alternative medicine, sodium hypochlorite, and iridology). We need competent editors to check all her medical "contributions"  in order to avoid the mess and possible death that may arise as a consequence of maintaining her constant pattern of disinformation. Her editing is a health hazard ! Sincerely, irismeister 15:32, 2004 Feb 7 (UTC)

Animal Rights?
Is that "Animal Rights" link for studying M. leprae in the armadillo really necessary? I don't think the "Animal Rights" article contains anything on Armadillos and TB or leprosy. I'm just going to delete that link. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.176.209.231 (talk) 00:01, 20 September 2007 (UTC)

Gram positive
I removed the statement that said that M. leprae was Gram positive. I found two references that mentioned it as being acid-fast, but none saying it was Gram positive. Also, the mycolic acid layer should prevent it from picking up the crystal violet that makes a Gram positive bacteria stain. If I have overlooked something, or if I am misinformed, let me know. Thanks, (D.c.camero (talk) 04:13, 28 August 2008 (UTC))

Referencing issue with paragraph 'Mycobacterium leprae genome'
The entire piece is pretty much a cut and paste (with a few omissions) from the article referenced much later under [7] (Massive gene decay in the leprosy bacillus). It clearly needs to be rewritten/re-referenced. The following is a copy and paste from the abstract of said article:

''"Mycobacterium leprae has the longest doubling time of all known bacteria and has thwarted every effort at culture in the laboratory. Comparing the 3.27-megabase (Mb) genome sequence of an armadillo-derived Indian isolate of the leprosy bacillus with that of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (4.41 Mb) provides clear explanations for these properties and reveals an extreme case of reductive evolution. Less than half of the genome contains functional genes but pseudogenes, with intact counterparts in M. tuberculosis, abound. Genome downsizing and the current mosaic arrangement appear to have resulted from extensive recombination events between dispersed repetitive sequences. Gene deletion and decay have eliminated many important metabolic activities including siderophore production, part of the oxidative and most o

Nerusai (talk) 18:47, 10 October 2009 (UTC)

Hansen's disease spirilly???
This seems to be vanishingly rare. The word spirilly is almost always a Czech word or a scanno at Google Books. DCDuring (talk) 16:22, 8 March 2015 (UTC)

Wiki Education assignment: MIBO 3500 Introduction to Microbiology
— Assignment last updated by ICapt.NemoI (talk) 18:41, 19 October 2022 (UTC)

About the bacterium or the disease?
There is too little in this article about the bacterium and too much about the disease (which is covered better in Leprosy). The recent addition, which I have twice reverted, is an example of the problem. Also, the addition in question was not supported by the citation which says, "Brazil has not achieved the goal of elimination of leprosy as a public health problem (defined by the prevalence lower than 1 case per 10,000 inhabitants)." Graham Beards (talk) 13:56, 25 October 2022 (UTC)

I have updated the Epidemiology section, removed the out of date content about Brazil and focussed on the causative bacterium  rather than the disease, which has its own article.Graham Beards (talk) 12:55, 29 October 2022 (UTC)