A Genomic Approach to Resolving Relapse versus Reinfection among Four Cases of Buruli Ulcer.
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Authors
Eddyani, MiriamVandelannoote, Koen
Meehan, Conor J
Bhuju, Sabin
Porter, Jessica L
Aguiar, Julia
Seemann, Torsten
Jarek, Michael
Singh, Mahavir
Portaels, Françoise
Stinear, Timothy P
de Jong, Bouke C
Issue Date
2015-11
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Increased availability of Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) techniques allows, for the first time, to distinguish relapses from reinfections in patients with multiple Buruli ulcer (BU) episodes.Citation
A Genomic Approach to Resolving Relapse versus Reinfection among Four Cases of Buruli Ulcer. 2015, 9 (11):e0004158 PLoS Negl Trop DisAffiliation
Helmholtz Centre for infection research, Inhoffenstr. 7, D-38124 Braunschweig, Germany.Journal
PLoS neglected tropical diseasesPubMed ID
26618509Type
ArticleLanguage
enISSN
1935-2735ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1371/journal.pntd.0004158
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