1. Mycobacterium leprae is identified in the oral mucosa from paucibacillary and multibacillary leprosy patients 
M.A.M. Morgado de Abreu, A.M. Roselino, M. Enokihara, S. Nonogaki, L.E. Prestes-Carneiro, L.L.M. Weckx, M.M.A. Alchorne 
Clinical Microbiology and Infection 
Volume 20, Issue 1, Pages (January 2014)
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2. FIG. 1
(a) and (c) Immunoreactivity of free bacteria (granular form) on the epithelial surface of the tongue. (b) and (d) Immunoreactivity in the cytoplasm of macrophages found in the corium of the soft palate (400×) (a, b, BCG marker; c, d, PGL-1 marker).
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3. FIG. 2
Agarose gel electrophoresis of PCR products obtained with primers that amplified a MntH gene fragment (336 bp) to identify Mycobacterium leprae. 2–11: Oral mucosa biopsy samples of leprosy patients. Note the positive results and the specificity of samples 2, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10 and 11. 1: Negative control (no DNA added). 12: Mycobacterium avium complex. 13: Mycobacterium tuberculosis. 14: Positive control (plasmid that contained the cloned MntH gene of Mycobacterium leprae). 15: 100-bp marker.
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