Evaluation of performance of four genotypic methods for studying the genetic epidemiology of Aspergillus fumigatus isolates

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 2886-2892

  Lasker, Brent A ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA;

ACCURACY; ALLELE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; DNA DETERMINATION; EPIDEMIC; GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENOTYPE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA PRIMERS; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE;

ANIMALIA; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS;

EID: 0036702150     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.8.2886-2892.2002     Document Type: Article

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