Development of a Temperature-Switch PCR-Based SNP Typing Method for Mycobacterium ulcerans

Mycobacterium ulcerans (M. ulcerans), the causative agent of the devastating skin disease Buruli ulcer (BU), is characterized by an extremely low level of genetic diversity. Recently, we have reported the first discrimination of closely related M. ulcerans variants in the BU endemic Densu River Val...

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Main Authors: Röltgen, Katharina, Assan-Ampah, Kobina, Danso, Emelia, Yeboah-Manu, Dorothy, Pluschke, Gerd
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2012
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3499370/