New Insights into the Geographic Distribution of Mycobacterium leprae SNP Genotypes Determined for Isolates from Leprosy Cases Diagnosed in Metropolitan France and French Territories

Florence Reibel; Aurélie Chauffour; Florence Brossier; Vincent Jarlier; Emmanuelle Cambau; Alexandra Aubry

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0004141

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New Insights into the Geographic Distribution of Mycobacterium leprae SNP Genotypes Determined for Isolates from Leprosy Cases Diagnosed in Metropolitan France and French Territories

Florence Reibel,

Affiliation Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06; INSERM U1135, Immunity and Infectious diseases Center (Cimi-Paris), team 13, Paris, France; National Reference Center for Mycobacteria, Laboratory of bacteriology, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, APHP, Paris, France
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Aurélie Chauffour,

Affiliation Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06; INSERM U1135, Immunity and Infectious diseases Center (Cimi-Paris), team 13, Paris, France; National Reference Center for Mycobacteria, Laboratory of bacteriology, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, APHP, Paris, France
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Florence Brossier,

Affiliation Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06; INSERM U1135, Immunity and Infectious diseases Center (Cimi-Paris), team 13, Paris, France; National Reference Center for Mycobacteria, Laboratory of bacteriology, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, APHP, Paris, France
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Vincent Jarlier,

Affiliation Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06; INSERM U1135, Immunity and Infectious diseases Center (Cimi-Paris), team 13, Paris, France; National Reference Center for Mycobacteria, Laboratory of bacteriology, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, APHP, Paris, France
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Emmanuelle Cambau,

Affiliations University Paris Diderot, IAME, UMR 1137, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France, APHP, Lariboisière-St Louis–Fernand Widal Hospital, Laboratory of Bacteriology-Virology, Paris, France, INSERM, IAME, UMR 1137, Paris, France
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Alexandra Aubry

* E-mail: alexandra.aubry@upmc.fr

Affiliation Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06; INSERM U1135, Immunity and Infectious diseases Center (Cimi-Paris), team 13, Paris, France; National Reference Center for Mycobacteria, Laboratory of bacteriology, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, APHP, Paris, France
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New Insights into the Geographic Distribution of Mycobacterium leprae SNP Genotypes Determined for Isolates from Leprosy Cases Diagnosed in Metropolitan France and French Territories

Florence Reibel,
Aurélie Chauffour,
Florence Brossier,
Vincent Jarlier,
Emmanuelle Cambau,
Alexandra Aubry

Published: October 6, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004141

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