Lack of genetic differentiation between two geographically diverse samples of Candida albicans isolated from patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1369-1373

  Xu, Jianping ^a,b   Vilgalys, Rytas ^b   Mitchell, Thomas G ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CLONE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033058809     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.4.1369-1373.1999     Document Type: Article

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