Polymorphism in the rpoT gene in Mycobacterium leprae isolates obtained from Latin American countries and its possible correlation with the spread of leprosy

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 243, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 311-315

  Matsuoka, Masanori ^a   Zhang, Liangfen ^a   Morris, Mary Fafutis ^b   Legua, Pedro ^c   Wiens, Carlos ^d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUADALAJARA   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^d Mennonita K81 Hospital DdC 166   (Paraguay)

Author keywords

Genotyping; Latin American countries; Leprosy; Mycobacterium leprae; rpoT gene

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEPROSY; MEXICO; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARAGUAY; PERU; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RPOT GENE; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; TANDEM REPEAT;

EID: 15944378165     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.femsle.2004.12.031     Document Type: Article

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