Heterogeneity among Mycobacterium ulcerans Isolates from Africa

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Stragier, Pieter ; Ablordey, Anthony ; Bayonne, L. Manou ; Lugor, Yatta L. ; Sindani, Ireneaus S. ; Suykerbuyk, Patrick ; Wabinga, Henry ; Meyers, Wayne M. ; Portaels, Françoise
• Description:
  Mycobacterium ulcerans causes Buruli ulcer, an ulcerative skin disease in tropical and subtropical areas. Despite restricted genetic diversity, mycobacterial interspersed repetitive unit-variable-number tandem repeat analysis on M. ulcerans revealed 3 genotypes from different African countries. It is the first time this typing method succeeded directly on patient samples.
• Subjects:
  Bacterial Typing Techniques Base Sequence Genetic Variation Genotype Humans Molecular Epidemiology Molecular Sequence Data Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous Phylogeny Polymorphism, Genetic Tandem Repeat Sequences

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 12(5):844-847.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Africa
• Volume:
  12
• Issue:
  5
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:4d08cbb752355cebd39bd1cb3ce11943c4aef8186d2c0f9b481b2c49ff135f43
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/16090/cdc_16090_DS1.pdf
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