First Detection of Mycobacterium ulcerans DNA in Environmental Samples from South America

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 10-

  Morris, Aaron ^a,b   Gozlan, Rodolphe ^b,c   Marion, Estelle ^d   Marsollier, Laurent ^d   Andreou, Demetra ^a   Sanhueza, Daniel ^b,d   Ruffine, Rolland ^b   Couppié, Pierre ^e   Guégan, Jean François ^b  

^a BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^d ANGERS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^e CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE CAYENNE   (French Guiana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; POLYKETIDE SYNTHASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; FRESH WATER; PRIMER DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; FLOODING; MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOUTH AMERICA; WATER SAMPLING; FRENCH GUIANA; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; TRANSPOSON;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FRENCH GUIANA; FRESH WATER; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 84893740494     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002660     Document Type: Article

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