A Genomic Approach to Resolving Relapse versus Reinfection among Four Cases of Buruli Ulcer.

BACKGROUND: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. METHODOLOGY:We compared the number and location of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) ident...

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Main Authors: Miriam Eddyani, Koen Vandelannoote, Conor J Meehan, Sabin Bhuju, Jessica L Porter, Julia Aguiar, Torsten Seemann, Michael Jarek, Mahavir Singh, Françoise Portaels, Timothy P Stinear, Bouke C de Jong
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-11-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4664471?pdf=render