Molecular epidemiology of clinical Cryptococcus neoformans strains from India

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 5733-5742

  Jain, N ^a   Wickes, B L ^b   Keller, S M ^b   Fu, J ^b   Casadevall, A ^c   Jain, P ^d   Ragan, M A ^e   Banerjee, U ^a   Fries, B C ^c  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^c ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^e UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA MINISATELLITE; FUNGAL DNA; POLYSACCHARIDE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DNA SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL STRAIN; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INDIA; KARYOTYPE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR TYPING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANSPOSON; URA5 GENE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, FUNGAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; GENES, FUNGAL; HUMANS; INDIA; KARYOTYPING; MIDDLE AGED; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; FUNGI;

EID: 27744548828     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.11.5733-5742.2005     Document Type: Article

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