Evaluation of VNTR typing for the identification of Mycobacterium ulcerans in environmental samples from Victoria, Australia

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 287, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 250-255

  Lavender, Caroline J ^a   Stinear, Timothy P ^b   Johnson, Paul D R ^a,c   Azuolas, Joseph ^d   Benbow, Mark Eric ^e   Wallace, John R ^f   Fyfe, Janet A M ^a  

^a VICTORIAN INFECTIOUS DISEASES REFERENCE LABORATORY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

^d DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^e MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f MILLERSVILLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Buruli ulcer; Environmental; Mycobacterium ulcerans; VNTR typing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; GENE LOCUS; MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, ATYPICAL; MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS;

EID: 51349095622     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2008.01328.x     Document Type: Article

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