Geographic discrimination of Paracoccidioides brasiliensis strains by randomly amplified polymorphic DNA analysis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1733-1736

  Calcagno, Ana María ^b   Niño Vega, Gustavo ^b   San Blas, Felipe ^b   San Blas, Gioconda ^a,b  

^a Instituto Autónomo de Biomedicina Dr Jacinto Convit   (Venezuela)

^b INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA;

ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; COLOMBIA; DNA DETERMINATION; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; NONHUMAN; PARACOCCIDIOIDES BRASILIENSIS; PERU; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

FUNGI; PARACOCCIDIOIDES BRASILIENSIS;

EID: 2642602087     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.6.1733-1736.1998     Document Type: Article

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