Characterization of Mycobacterium leprae Genotypes in China—Identification of a New Polymorphism C251T in the 16S rRNA Gene

Youhua Yuan; Yan Wen; Yuangang You; Yan Xing; Huanying Li; Xiaoman Weng; Nan Wu; Shuang Liu; Shanshan Zhang; Wenhong Zhang; Ying Zhang

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0133268

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Characterization of Mycobacterium leprae Genotypes in China—Identification of a New Polymorphism C251T in the 16S rRNA Gene

Youhua Yuan ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Youhua Yuan, Yan Wen

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Medical Virology, Department of Infectious Diseases, Huashan Hospital, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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Yan Wen ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Youhua Yuan, Yan Wen

* E-mail: yzhang@jhsph.edu (YZ); weny8@163.com(YW)

Affiliation Beijing Tropical Medicine Research Institute, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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Yuangang You,

Affiliation Beijing Tropical Medicine Research Institute, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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Yan Xing,

Affiliation Beijing Tropical Medicine Research Institute, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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Huanying Li,

Affiliation Beijing Tropical Medicine Research Institute, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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Xiaoman Weng,

Affiliation Beijing Tropical Medicine Research Institute, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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Nan Wu,

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Medical Virology, Department of Infectious Diseases, Huashan Hospital, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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Shuang Liu,

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Medical Virology, Department of Infectious Diseases, Huashan Hospital, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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Shanshan Zhang,

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Medical Virology, Department of Infectious Diseases, Huashan Hospital, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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Wenhong Zhang,

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Medical Virology, Department of Infectious Diseases, Huashan Hospital, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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Ying Zhang

* E-mail: yzhang@jhsph.edu (YZ); weny8@163.com(YW)

Affiliations Key Laboratory of Medical Virology, Department of Infectious Diseases, Huashan Hospital, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, China, Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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Characterization of Mycobacterium leprae Genotypes in China—Identification of a New Polymorphism C251T in the 16S rRNA Gene

Youhua Yuan,
Yan Wen,
Yuangang You,
Yan Xing,
Huanying Li,
Xiaoman Weng,
Nan Wu,
Shuang Liu,
Shanshan Zhang,
Wenhong Zhang

Published: July 21, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0133268

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