Analysis of an IS2404-based nested PCR for diagnosis of Buruli ulcer disease in regions of Ghana where the disease is endemic.

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Published in J Clin Microbiol on February 01, 2003

Authors

Ymkje Stienstra1, Tjip S van der Werf, Jeannette Guarner, Pratima L Raghunathan, Ellen A Spotts Whitney, Winette T A van der Graaf, Kwame Asamoa, Jordan W Tappero, David A Ashford, C Harold King

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA.

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