A continuation: Study and characterisation of Mycobacterium leprae short tandem repeat genotypes and transmission of leprosy in Cebu, Philippines

Leprosy Review

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 272-279

  Sakamuri, Rama Murthy ^a   Harrison, Jordan ^a   Gelber, Robert ^b   Saunderson, Paul ^b   Brennan, Patrick J ^a   Balagon, Marivic ^b   Vissa, Varalakshmi ^a  

^a Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability   (United States)

^b Leonard Wood Memorial Center for Leprosy Research Philippines   (Philippines)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; DNA MINISATELLITE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC STABILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INCUBATION TIME; LEPROSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; NONHUMAN; PHILIPPINES; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT; SKIN BIOPSY; SLIT SKIN SMEAR; SMEAR; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

DNA, BACTERIAL; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; LEPROSY; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; PHILIPPINES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 73249138711     PISSN: 03057518     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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