Identification of a new variable number tandem repeat locus in Mycobacterium ulcerans for potential strain discrimination among African isolates

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 734-736

  Ablordey, A ^a,b   Fonteyne, P A ^c   Stragier, P ^a   Vandamme, P ^d   Portaels, F ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b University of Ghana   (Ghana)

^c SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Belgium)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Discrimination; Mycobacterium ulcerans; PCR; Typing; Variable number tandem repeat

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BURULI ULCER; CLONAL SPECIES; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS;

EID: 34250302679     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2007.01716.x     Document Type: Article

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