Molecular typing study of the Microsporum canis strains isolated from an outbreak of tinea capitis in a school

Mycopathologia

Volumn 157, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 37-41

  Yu, Jin ^a   Wan, Zhe ^a   Chen, Wei ^a   Wang, Wenling ^a   Li, Ruoyu ^a,b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY FIRST HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

DNA sequencing; M. canis; NTS; Outbreak; RAPD; Tinea capits

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA; SPACER DNA;

CHEMISTRY; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROSPORUM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; REVIEW; STUDENT; TINEA CAPITIS;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, INTERGENIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSPORUM; PREVALENCE; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE; STUDENTS; TINEA CAPITIS;

CANIS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; FELIS CATUS; MICROSPORUM; MICROSPORUM CANIS; TINEA;

EID: 1242333089     PISSN: 0301486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:MYCO.0000012221.66851.68     Document Type: Review

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