Analysis of an IS2404-based nested PCR for diagnosis of Buruli ulcer disease in regions of Ghana where the disease is endemic

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 794-797

  Stienstra, Ymkje ^a,c   Van der Werf, Tjip S ^c   Guarner, Jeannette ^b   Raghunathan, Pratima L ^b   Whitney, Ellen A Spotts ^b   Van der Graaf, Winette T A ^c   Asamoa, Kwame ^d   Tappero, Jordan W ^b   Ashford, David A ^b   King, C Harold ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d Health Training Institutions Unit   (Ghana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BURULI ULCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; GHANA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN ULCER;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; ENDEMIC DISEASES; GHANA; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, ATYPICAL; MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN ULCER;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS; RICKETTSIALES;

EID: 0037312056     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.2.794-797.2003     Document Type: Article

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