Single nucleotide polymorphism typing of mycobacterium ulcerans reveals focal transmission of buruli ulcer in a highly endemic Region of Ghana

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2010, Pages

  Röltgen, Katharina ^a,b   Qi, Weihong ^a,b,f   Ruf, Marie Thérèse ^a,b   Mensah Quainoo, Ernestina ^c   Pidot, Sacha J ^d   Seemann, Torsten ^d   Stinear, Timothy P ^d   Käser, Michael ^a,b,g   Yeboah Manu, Dorothy ^e   Pluschke, Gerd ^a,b  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Ghana)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e University of Ghana   (Ghana)

^f FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS CENTER ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^g Ghanaian German Centre for Health Research   (Ghana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BURULI ULCER; CHILD; CLONAL VARIATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; GHANA; HAPLOTYPE; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; HUMAN; MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS; NONHUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BACTERIAL DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BURULI ULCER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENDEMIC DISEASES; GENOTYPE; GHANA; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957919998     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000751     Document Type: Article

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