Recent advances in the molecular epidemiology of leprosy

Japanese Journal of Leprosy

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 67-73

  Matsuoka, Masanori ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Leprosy; Molecular epidemiology; Mycobacterium leprae; SNPs; VNTRs

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHNICITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LEPROSY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT; WATER SAMPLING; GENETICS; HEALTH; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; REVIEW;

GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LEPROSY; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 64849111425     PISSN: 13423681     EISSN: 1884314X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5025/hansen.78.67     Document Type: Article

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