Strain classification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates in Brazil based on genotypes obtained by spoligotyping, mycobacterial interspersed repetitive unit typing and the prese...

by Sidra E G Vasconcellos, Chyntia Carolina Acosta, Lia Lima Gomes, Emilyn Costa Conceição, Karla Valéria Lima, Marcelo Ivens de Araujo, Maria de Lourdes Leite, Flávio Tannure, Paulo Cesar de Souza Caldas, Harrison M Gomes, Adalberto Rezende Santos, Michel K Gomgnimbou, Christophe Sola, David Couvin, Nalin Rastogi, Neio Boechat, Philip Noel Suffys
Published 2014-01-01

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

by 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
Published 2012-12-01