Application of real-time PCR in Ghana, a Buruli ulcer-endemic country, confirms the presence of Mycobacterium ulcerans in the environment

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 304, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 191-194

  Vandelannoote, Koen ^a,b   Durnez, Lies ^a,b   Amissah, Diana ^c   Gryseels, Sophie ^a,b   Dodoo, Alfred ^c   Yeboah, Shirley ^c   Addo, Phyllis ^c   Eddyani, Miriam ^a   Leirs, Herwig ^b,d   Ablordey, Anthony ^c   Portaels, Françoise ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c University of Ghana   (Ghana)

^d Danish Pest Infestation Laboratory   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Ashanti region; Buruli ulcer; Environmental samples; Mycobacterium ulcerans; Real time PCR; Small mammals

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BURULI ULCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; GHANA; MAMMAL; MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WATER SAMPLING;

ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ANIMALS; BURULI ULCER; GHANA; MAMMALS; MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

MAMMALIA; MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS;

EID: 77149162011     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2010.01902.x     Document Type: Article

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