Detection of Mycobacterium leprae DNA from soil samples by PCR targeting RLEP sequences

Journal of Communicable Diseases

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 269-273

  Lavania, Mallika ^a   Katoch, K ^a   Sachan, Pawan ^a   Dubey, Anuraag ^a   Kapoor, Shashi ^a   Kashyap, Meera ^a   Chauhan, D S ^a   Singh, H B ^a   Sharma, V D ^a   Jadhav, R S ^b   Katoch, V M ^a  

^a NATIONAL JALMA INSTITUTE FOR LEPROSY AND OTHER MYCOBACTERIAL DISEASES   (India)

^b India   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EVALUATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; INDIA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEPROSY; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

DNA, BACTERIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; INDIA; LEPROSY; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 33846410683     PISSN: 00195138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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