Multiple Polymorphic Loci for Molecular Typing of Strains of Mycobacterium leprae

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1666-1672

  Groathouse, Nathan A ^a   Rivoire, Becky ^a   Kim, Hansuk ^b   Lee, Hyeyoung ^b   Cho, Sang Nae ^b   Brennan, Patrick J ^a   Vissa, Varalakshmi D ^a  

^a Immunology and Pathology   (United States)

^b Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ARMADILLO; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; LEPROSY; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHIC LOCUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

ANIMALS; ARMADILLOS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; LEPROSY; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

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

EID: 8644269904     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.4.1666-1672.2004     Document Type: Article

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