Genetic diversity of Histoplasma capsulatum strains isolated from soil, animals, and clinical specimens in Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil, by a PCR-based random amplified polymorphic DNA assay

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 4487-4494

  De Medeiros Muniz, M ^a   Vera Pizzini, C ^a   Mauro Peralta, J ^a   Reiss, E ^a   Zancope Oliveira R M ^a  

^a Funda??o Oswaldo Cruz   (Brazil)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DNA;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CASE REPORT; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HISTOPLASMA; HISTOPLASMA CAPSULATUM; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMAN; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; SOIL;

AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; BRAZIL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; HISTOPLASMA; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE; RATS; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0035209465     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.39.12.4487-4494.2001     Document Type: Article

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