Assessment of genetic relatedness of vaginal isolates of Candida albicans from different geographical origins

International Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 290, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 97-104

  Pinto de Andrade, Manuel ^a   Schönian, Gabriele ^a   Forche, Anja ^a,b   Rosado, Laura ^c   Costa, Isabel ^d   Müller, Michaela ^a   Presber, Wolfgang ^a   Mitchell, Thomas G ^b   Tietz, Hans Jürgen ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH DR RICARDO JORGE   (Portugal)

^d Maternidade Dr Alfredo da Costa   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Atypical biotype; Candida albicans; Genotyping; PCR fingerprinting; Population studies

Indexed keywords

ANGOLA; BIOTYPE; GENETIC CORRELATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC STRAIN; GENETIC VARIANCE; GENOTYPE; GENOTYPIC VARIATION; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; GERMANY; GLUCOSAMINE; ISOLATE; MADAGASCAR; MOLECULAR TYPING; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PORTUGAL; VAGINA;

CANDIDA ALBICANS;

EID: 0342264398     PISSN: 14384221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1438-4221(00)80112-5     Document Type: Article

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