The Repetitive Element RLEP Is a Highly Specific Target for Detection of Mycobacterium leprae

J Clin Microbiol. 2018 Feb 22;56(3):e01924-17. doi: 10.1128/JCM.01924-17. Print 2018 Mar.
No abstract available

Keywords: RLEP qPCR; diagnosis; leprosy; specificity.

Publication types

  • Letter
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • DNA, Bacterial / genetics
  • False Positive Reactions
  • Humans
  • Leprosy / diagnosis*
  • Leprosy / microbiology
  • Molecular Diagnostic Techniques*
  • Mycobacterium leprae / genetics*
  • Mycobacterium leprae / isolation & purification
  • Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid / genetics*
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA

Substances

  • DNA, Bacterial