Assertion: leprosy's form | /r/AtLocation | people
Facets:
value: for the intense cellular response
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: It is ironic that this form of leprosy occurs in people whose tissues resist the disease, for the intense cellular response is a reaction of resistance—successful insofar as it prevents local multiplication of the leprosy bacillus and its spread throughout the body but unsuccessful in that it destroys vital tissues in the invaded areas.