title: Heterogeneity among Mycobacterium ulcerans isolates from Africa.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Mycobacteriology Unit, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nationalestraat 155, 2000 Antwerp, Belgium.
authors.forename: Pieter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Stragier
authors.forename: Anthony
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ablordey
authors.forename: L Manou
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Bayonne
authors.forename: Yatta L
authors.initials: YL
authors.lastname: Lugor
authors.forename: Ireneaus S
authors.initials: IS
authors.lastname: Sindani
authors.forename: Patrick
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Suykerbuyk
authors.forename: Henry
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wabinga
authors.forename: Wayne M
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: Meyers
authors.forename: Françoise
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Portaels
mesh_terms: D000349:Africa / Q000453:epidemiology; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D001483:Base Sequence; D014644:Genetic Variation; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D017720:Molecular Epidemiology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009165:Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D019911:Mycobacterium ulcerans / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics*; D010802:Phylogeny; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D020080:Tandem Repeat Sequences