Spatiotemporal Co-existence of Two Mycobacterium ulcerans Clonal Complexes in the Offin River Valley of Ghana.

• Main Authors: Araceli Lamelas (Author), Kobina Assan Ampah (Author), Samuel Aboagye (Author), Sarah Kerber (Author), Emelia Danso (Author), Adwoa Asante-Poku (Author), Prince Asare (Author), Julian Parkhill (Author), Simon R Harris (Author), Gerd Pluschke (Author), Dorothy Yeboah-Manu (Author), Katharina Röltgen (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2016-07-01T00:00:00Z.
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In recent years, comparative genome sequence analysis of African Mycobacterium ulcerans strains isolated from Buruli ulcer (BU) lesion specimen has revealed a very limited genetic diversity of closely related isolates and a striking association between genotype and geographical origin of the patient...