Source Tracking Mycobacterium ulcerans Infections in the Ashanti Region, Ghana

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Narh, Charles A ^a,b,c   Mosi, Lydia ^b,d   Quaye, Charles ^a,b   Dassi, Christelle ^b   Konan, Daniele O ^b   Tay, Samuel C K ^c   de Souza, Dziedzom K ^a   Boakye, Daniel A ^a   Bonfoh, Bassirou ^b  

^a University of Ghana   (Ghana)

^b Centre Suisse de Recherches Scientifiques en Côte d Ivoire   (Central African Republic)

^c KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLICON; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANIMAL TRAPPING; ARTICLE; BIOFILM; BURULI ULCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA SEQUENCE; ECOTYPE; GENOTYPE; GHANA; HUMAN; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE VECTOR; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT; WATER SUPPLY; ZOONOSIS; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUSE; TRANSMISSION;

MACROLIDE; MYCOLACTONE;

ANIMALS; BURULI ULCER; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GHANA; HUMANS; MACROLIDES; MICE; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84922248737     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003437     Document Type: Article

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