%0 Journal Article %K Adolescent %K Adult %K Animals %K Asia %K Bacterial Proteins %K Brazil %K Female %K genotype %K Humans %K Japan %K leprosy %K Male %K Mice %K Mice, Nude %K Middle Aged %K Mycobacterium leprae %K Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide %K Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid %K Sigma Factor %B FEMS microbiology letters %D 2006 %G eng %N 1 %P 150-4 %R 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2006.00346.x %T Genotypic analysis of Mycobacterium leprae isolates from Japan and other Asian countries reveals a global transmission pattern of leprosy. %U http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1574-6968.2006.00346.x/pdf %V 261 %1 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16842372?dopt=Abstract %8 2006 Aug