Genotypic analysis of Mycobacterium leprae isolates from Japan and other Asian countries reveals a global transmission pattern of leprosy

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 261, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 150-154

  Matsuoka, Masanori ^a   Lopez Roa, Rocio Ivette ^b   Budiawan, Teky ^c   Kyaw, Kyaw ^d   Chae, Gue Tae ^e  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUADALAJARA   (Mexico)

^c Provincial Health Service   (Indonesia)

^d Yangon General Hospital   (Myanmar)

^e The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Genotyping; Leprosy; Mycobacterium leprae; SNPs; VNTRs

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BRAZIL; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INDONESIA; JAPAN; KOREA; LEPROSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYANMAR; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RPOT GENE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TANDEM REPEAT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ASIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BRAZIL; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; JAPAN; LEPROSY; MALE; MICE; MICE, NUDE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SIGMA FACTOR;

MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE;

EID: 33745726439     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2006.00346.x     Document Type: Article

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