Microsatellite mapping of Mycobacterium leprae populations in infected humans

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 4931-4936

  Young, Saroj K ^a   Taylor, G Michael ^b   Jain, Suman ^c   Suneetha, Lavanya M ^c   Suneetha, Sujai ^c   Lockwood, Diana N J ^a   Young, Douglas B ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c LEPRA Society   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DINUCLEOTIDE; MICROSATELLITE DNA; TRINUCLEOTIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BLOOD; BORDERLINE LEPROSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INDIA; LEPROMATOUS LEPROSY; LEPROSY; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; NERVE BIOPSY; NOSE CAVITY; PAUCIBACILLARY LEPROSY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCH BIOPSY; SKIN BIOPSY;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENE DOSAGE; HUMANS; INDIA; LEPROSY; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 8644258376     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.11.4931-4936.2004     Document Type: Article

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