@article {5,
	title = {Heterogeneity among Mycobacterium ulcerans isolates from Africa.},
	journal = {Emerg Infect Dis},
	volume = {12},
	year = {2006},
	month = {2006 May},
	pages = {844-7},
	abstract = {<p>Mycobacterium ulcerans causes Buruli ulcer, an ulcerative skin disease in tropical and subtropical areas. Despite restricted genetic diversity, mycobacterial interspersed repetitive unit-variable-number tandem repeat analysis on M. ulcerans revealed 3 genotypes from different African countries. It is the first time this typing method succeeded directly on patient samples.</p>},
	keywords = {Africa, Bacterial Typing Techniques, Base Sequence, Genetic Variation, Genotype, Humans, Molecular Epidemiology, Molecular Sequence Data, Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous, Mycobacterium ulcerans, Phylogeny, Polymorphism, Genetic, Tandem Repeat Sequences},
	issn = {1080-6040},
	doi = {10.3201/eid1205.051191},
	author = {Stragier, Pieter and Ablordey, Anthony and Bayonne, L Manou and Lugor, Yatta L and Sindani, Ireneaus S and Suykerbuyk, Patrick and Wabinga, Henry and Meyers, Wayne M and Portaels, Fran{\c c}oise}
}
