Abstract
Mycobacterium ulcerans causes Buruli ulcer, an ulcerative skin disease in tropical and subtropical areas. Despite restricted genetic diversity, mycobacterial interspersed repetitive unit-variable-number tandem repeat analysis on M. ulcerans revealed 3 genotypes from different African countries. It is the first time this typing method succeeded directly on patient samples.
Publication types
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
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Africa / epidemiology
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Bacterial Typing Techniques
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Base Sequence
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Genetic Variation*
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Genotype
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Humans
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Molecular Epidemiology
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Molecular Sequence Data
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Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / epidemiology
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Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / microbiology*
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Mycobacterium ulcerans / classification*
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Mycobacterium ulcerans / genetics*
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Phylogeny
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Polymorphism, Genetic
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Tandem Repeat Sequences