Molecular epidemiology of the global and temporal diversity of Candida albicans

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1220-1225

  McCullough, Michael J ^a,b,c   Clemons, Karl V ^a,b   Stevens, David A ^a,b  

^a SANTA CLARA VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; GENOTYPE; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0033509929     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/313455     Document Type: Article

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