[Global situation of leprosy and recent progress in molecular epidemiology of the disease].

doi:10.5025/hansen.73.37

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[Global situation of leprosy and recent progress in molecular epidemiology of the disease].

Nihon Hansenbyo Gakkai zasshi = Japanese journal of leprosy : official organ of the Japanese Leprosy Association - 1 Feb 2004

Izumi Shinzo, Agusni Indropo

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Recent discovery of genetic diversity of Mycobacterium leprae such as variable number of tandem repeats opened a new era in molecular epidemiology of leprosy infection. It was revealed that the leprosy bacillus in residential environment of endemic villages is an important source of infection. The global elimination strategy will be revised taking new molecular epidemiological knowledge into account....

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Genetic Variation
Global Health
Humans
Leprosy
Minisatellite Repeats
Mycobacterium leprae
Water Microbiology

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PMID: 15035066
DOI: 10.5025/hansen.73.37

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