01054nas a2200217   4500000000100000008004100001260001300042653001300055653001800068653001100086653001200097653002600109653002500135653003600160100001500196245006200211300001000273490000700283520053200290022001400822       2009                            d  c2009 Feb10agenotype10aGlobal health10aHumans10aleprosy10aMinisatellite Repeats10aMycobacterium leprae10aPolymorphism, Single Nucleotide1 aMatsuoka M00aRecent advances in the molecular epidemiology of leprosy.  a67-730 v783 a<p>Recent advances in the molecular epidemiology of leprosy through genotyping of variable number tandem repeats (VNTRs) and single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) are described. VNTRs with a broad range of diversity are useful genotyping tools for analyzing transmission in community areas, and SNPs and VNTRs with a small degree of variation are favorable for investigating the global transmission of leprosy. We expect that the transmission of leprosy can be fully analyzed by the application of these new methodologies.</p>  a1342-3681