Epidemiology of human sporotrichosis investigated by amplified fragment length polymorphism

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1348-1352

  Neyra, Edgar ^a   Fonteyne, Pierre Alain ^b   Swinne, Danielle ^b,c   Fauche, Frederic ^b   Bustamante, Beatriz ^a   Nolard, Nicole ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA TROPICAL ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT   (Peru)

^b SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Belgium)

^c INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER 2;

AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERU; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPOROTHRIX SCHENCKII; SPOROTRICHOSIS;

BASE SEQUENCE; ECOLOGY; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPOROTHRIX; SPOROTRICHOSIS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

SPOROTHRIX SCHENCKII;

EID: 14944381425     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.3.1348-1352.2005     Document Type: Article

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