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Bacterial diversity in oral samples of children in niger with acute noma, acute necrotizing gingivitis, and healthy controls

Published inPLoS neglected tropical diseases, vol. 6, no. 3, e1556
Publication date2012
Abstract

Noma is a gangrenous disease that leads to severe disfigurement of the face with high morbidity and mortality, but its etiology remains unknown. Young children in developing countries are almost exclusively affected. The purpose of the study was to record and compare bacterial diversity in oral samples from children with or without acute noma or acute necrotizing gingivitis from a defined geographical region in Niger by culture-independent molecular methods.

Keywords
  • Bacteria/classification/genetics
  • Biota
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Cluster Analysis
  • DNA, Bacterial/chemistry/genetics
  • DNA, Ribosomal/chemistry/genetics
  • Female
  • Gingivitis/microbiology
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Mouth/microbiology
  • Niger
  • Noma/microbiology
  • Phylogeny
  • RNA, Ribosomal, 16S/genetics
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA
Citation (ISO format)
BOLIVAR, Ignacio et al. Bacterial diversity in oral samples of children in niger with acute noma, acute necrotizing gingivitis, and healthy controls. In: PLoS neglected tropical diseases, 2012, vol. 6, n° 3, p. e1556. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001556
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ISSN of the journal1935-2727
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