Genotyping of Mycobacterium leprae present on Ziehl-Neelsen-stained microscopic slides and in skin biopsy samples from leprosy patients in different geographic regions of Brazil

Genotyping of Mycobacterium leprae present on Ziehl-Neelsen-stained microscopic slides and in skin biopsy samples from leprosy patients in different geographic regions of Brazil

We analysed 16 variable number tandem repeats (VNTR) and three single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) in Mycobacterium leprae present on 115 Ziehl-Neelsen (Z-N)-stained slides and in 51 skin biopsy samples derived from leprosy patients from Ceará (n = 23), Pernambuco (n = 41), Rio de Janeiro (n = 22)...

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Main Authors: Amanda Nogueira Brum Fontes, Harrison Magdinier Gomes, Marcelo Ivens de Araujo, Edson Cláudio Araripe de Albuquerque, Ida Maria Foschiani Dias Baptista, Maria Manuela da Fonseca Moura, Denise Silva Rezende, Maria Cristina Vidal Pessolani, Flávio Alves Lara, Maria Araci de Andrade Pontes, Heitor de Sá Gonçalves, Norma Lucena-Silva, Euzenir Nunes Sarno, Varalakshmi D Vissa, Patrick J Brennan, Philip Noel Suffys
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ) 2012-12-01
Series:Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
Subjects:
leprosy
Mycobacterium leprae
Ziehl-Neelsen-stained microscope slides
molecular epidemiology
variable number tandem repeats
single-nucleotide polymorphisms
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