Mitochondrial DNA analysis of Sporothrix schenckii in North and South America

Mycopathologia

Volumn 142, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 115-118

  Ishizaki, H ^a   Kawasaki, M ^a   Aoki, M ^b   Matsumoto, T ^c   Padhye, A A ^d   Mendoza, M ^e   Negroni, R ^f  

^a KANAZAWA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Toshiba General Hospital   (Japan)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^e INSTITUTO DE BIOMEDICINA   (Venezuela)

^f UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Mitochondrial DNA; Phylogeny; Restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP); Sporothrix schenckii

Indexed keywords

DNA ANALYSIS; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; NORTH AMERICA; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SOUTH AMERICA;

DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; HUMANS; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; NORTH AMERICA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SOUTH AMERICA; SPOROTHRIX; SPOROTRICHOSIS;

EID: 0032462898     PISSN: 0301486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006952702947     Document Type: Article

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