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VNTR typing of Mycobacterium leprae in South Indian leprosy patients.
Leprosy review - 1 Sept 2009
Shinde Vidyagouri, Newton Hema, Sakamuri Rama Murthy, Reddy Venkateshwar, Jain Suman, Joseph Abraham, Gillis Tom, Nath Indira, Norman Gift, Vissa Varalakshmi
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OBJECTIVES: To study the suitability, stability and diversity of short tandem repeat (STR) genomic markers to elicit strain variation in the Mycobacterium leprae isolates within leprosy patients from Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu states in South India. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Slit skin smear (SSS)...
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