Evaluation of Auramine O staining and conventional PCR for leprosy diagnosis: A comparative cross-sectional study from Ethiopia.

by Selfu Girma, Charlotte Avanzi, Kidist Bobosha, Kassu Desta, Munir H Idriss, Philippe Busso, Yohannes Tsegaye, Shimelis Nigusse, Tsegaye Hailu, Stewart T Cole, Abraham Aseffa
Published 2018-09-01

Population Genomics of Mycobacterium leprae Reveals a New Genotype in Madagascar and the Comoros

by Charlotte Avanzi, Charlotte Avanzi, Charlotte Avanzi, Emmanuel Lécorché, Emmanuel Lécorché, Fetra Angelot Rakotomalala, Andrej Benjak, Fahafahantsoa Rapelanoro Rabenja, Lala S. Ramarozatovo, Lala S. Ramarozatovo, Bertrand Cauchoix, Mala Rakoto-Andrianarivelo, Maria Tió-Coma, Thyago Leal-Calvo, Philippe Busso, Stefanie Boy-Röttger, Aurélie Chauffour, Tahinamandrato Rasamoelina, Aina Andrianarison, Fandresena Sendrasoa, John S. Spencer, Pushpendra Singh, Digambar Ramchandra Dashatwar, Rahul Narang, Jean-Luc Berland, Jean-Luc Berland, Vincent Jarlier, Vincent Jarlier, Claudio G. Salgado, Milton O. Moraes, Annemieke Geluk, Andriamira Randrianantoandro, Emmanuelle Cambau, Emmanuelle Cambau, Stewart T. Cole, Stewart T. Cole
Published 2020-05-01

Insights from the Genome Sequence of Mycobacterium lepraemurium: Massive Gene Decay and Reductive Evolution

by Andrej Benjak, Tanvi P. Honap, Charlotte Avanzi, Enrique Becerril-Villanueva, Iris Estrada-García, Oscar Rojas-Espinosa, Anne C. Stone, Stewart T. Cole, Roland Brosch, Christina L. Stallings
Published 2017-10-01

Genomic Characterization of Mycobacterium leprae to Explore Transmission Patterns Identifies New Subtype in Bangladesh

by Maria Tió-Coma, Charlotte Avanzi, Els M. Verhard, Louise Pierneef, Anouk van Hooij, Andrej Benjak, Johan Chandra Roy, Marufa Khatun, Khorshed Alam, Paul Corstjens, Stewart T. Cole, Stewart T. Cole, Jan Hendrik Richardus, Annemieke Geluk
Published 2020-06-01

2000-year-old pathogen genomes reconstructed from metagenomic analysis of Egyptian mummified individuals

by Judith Neukamm, Saskia Pfrengle, Martyna Molak, Alexander Seitz, Michael Francken, Partick Eppenberger, Charlotte Avanzi, Ella Reiter, Christian Urban, Beatrix Welte, Philipp W. Stockhammer, Barbara Teßmann, Alexander Herbig, Katerina Harvati, Kay Nieselt, Johannes Krause, Verena J. Schuenemann
Published 2020-08-01

Evidence of zoonotic leprosy in Pará, Brazilian Amazon, and risks associated with human contact or consumption of armadillos.

by Moises B da Silva, Juliana M Portela, Wei Li, Mary Jackson, Mercedes Gonzalez-Juarrero, Andrea Sánchez Hidalgo, John T Belisle, Raquel C Bouth, Angélica R Gobbo, Josafá G Barreto, Antonio H H Minervino, Stewart T Cole, Charlotte Avanzi, Philippe Busso, Marco A C Frade, Annemieke Geluk, Claudio G Salgado, John S Spencer
Published 2018-06-01

British Red Squirrels Remain the Only Known Wild Rodent Host for Leprosy Bacilli

by Anna-Katarina Schilling, Anna-Katarina Schilling, Charlotte Avanzi, Rainer G. Ulrich, Philippe Busso, Benoit Pisanu, Benoit Pisanu, Nicola Ferrari, Claudia Romeo, Maria Vittoria Mazzamuto, Joyce McLuckie, Craig M. Shuttleworth, Jorge Del-Pozo, Peter W. W. Lurz, Wendy G. Escalante-Fuentes, Jorge Ocampo-Candiani, Lucio Vera-Cabrera, Karen Stevenson, Jean-Louis Chapuis, Anna L. Meredith, Anna L. Meredith, Stewart T. Cole, Stewart T. Cole
Published 2019-02-01

Whole genome sequencing distinguishes between relapse and reinfection in recurrent leprosy cases.

by Mariane M A Stefani, Charlotte Avanzi, Samira Bührer-Sékula, Andrej Benjak, Chloé Loiseau, Pushpendra Singh, Maria A A Pontes, Heitor S Gonçalves, Emerith M Hungria, Philippe Busso, Jérémie Piton, Maria I S Silveira, Rossilene Cruz, Antônio Schetinni, Maurício B Costa, Marcos C L Virmond, Suzana M Diorio, Ida M F Dias-Baptista, Patricia S Rosa, Masanori Matsuoka, Maria L F Penna, Stewart T Cole, Gerson O Penna
Published 2017-06-01

Ancient genomes reveal a high diversity of Mycobacterium leprae in medieval Europe.

by Verena J Schuenemann, Charlotte Avanzi, Ben Krause-Kyora, Alexander Seitz, Alexander Herbig, Sarah Inskip, Marion Bonazzi, Ella Reiter, Christian Urban, Dorthe Dangvard Pedersen, G Michael Taylor, Pushpendra Singh, Graham R Stewart, Petr Velemínský, Jakub Likovsky, Antónia Marcsik, Erika Molnár, György Pálfi, Valentina Mariotti, Alessandro Riga, M Giovanna Belcastro, Jesper L Boldsen, Almut Nebel, Simon Mays, Helen D Donoghue, Sonia Zakrzewski, Andrej Benjak, Kay Nieselt, Stewart T Cole, Johannes Krause
Published 2018-05-01

Mycobacterium leprae diversity and population dynamics in medieval Europe from novel ancient genomes

by Saskia Pfrengle, Judith Neukamm, Meriam Guellil, Marcel Keller, Martyna Molak, Charlotte Avanzi, Alena Kushniarevich, Núria Montes, Gunnar U. Neumann, Ella Reiter, Rezeda I. Tukhbatova, Nataliya Y. Berezina, Alexandra P. Buzhilova, Dmitry S. Korobov, Stian Suppersberger Hamre, Vitor M. J. Matos, Maria T. Ferreira, Laura González-Garrido, Sofia N. Wasterlain, Célia Lopes, Ana Luisa Santos, Nathalie Antunes-Ferreira, Vitória Duarte, Ana Maria Silva, Linda Melo, Natasa Sarkic, Lehti Saag, Kristiina Tambets, Philippe Busso, Stewart T. Cole, Alexei Avlasovich, Charlotte A. Roberts, Alison Sheridan, Craig Cessford, John Robb, Johannes Krause, Christiana L. Scheib, Sarah A. Inskip, Verena J. Schuenemann
Published 2021-10-01

Phylogenomics and antimicrobial resistance of the leprosy bacillus Mycobacterium leprae

by Andrej Benjak, Charlotte Avanzi, Pushpendra Singh, Chloé Loiseau, Selfu Girma, Philippe Busso, Amanda N. Brum Fontes, Yuji Miyamoto, Masako Namisato, Kidist Bobosha, Claudio G. Salgado, Moisés B. da Silva, Raquel C. Bouth, Marco A. C. Frade, Fred Bernardes Filho, Josafá G. Barreto, José A. C. Nery, Samira Bührer-Sékula, Andréanne Lupien, Abdul R. Al-Samie, Yasin Al-Qubati, Abdul S. Alkubati, Gisela Bretzel, Lucio Vera-Cabrera, Fatoumata Sakho, Christian R. Johnson, Mamoudou Kodio, Abdoulaye Fomba, Samba O. Sow, Moussa Gado, Ousmane Konaté, Mariane M. A. Stefani, Gerson O. Penna, Philip N. Suffys, Euzenir Nunes Sarno, Milton O. Moraes, Patricia S. Rosa, Ida M. F. Dias Baptista, John S. Spencer, Abraham Aseffa, Masanori Matsuoka, Masanori Kai, Stewart T. Cole
Published 2018-01-01