Heterogeneity among Mycobacterium ulcerans isolates from Africa

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 844-847

  Stragier, Pieter ^a,g   Ablordey, Anthony ^a   Bayonne, L Manou ^b   Lugor, Yatta L ^c   Sindani, Ireneaus S ^d   Suykerbuyk, Patrick ^a   Wabinga, Henry ^e   Meyers, Wayne M ^f   Portaels, Françoise ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE LIBREVILLE   (Gabon)

^c Yambio Hospital   (Kenya)

^d WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^e MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^f ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^g European Union   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BURULI ULCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INTERSPERSED REPEAT; MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS; NONHUMAN; SKIN ULCER; TANDEM REPEAT; TROPICAL DISEASE; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

EID: 33646556433     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1205.051191     Document Type: Article

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