A virulent genotype of Microsporum canis is responsible for the majority of human infections

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 56, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1377-1385

  Sharma, Rahul ^a,b   De Hoog, S ^c   Presber, Wolfgang ^a   Gräser, Yvonne ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b RANI DURGAVATI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c CBS KNAW FUNGAL BIODIVERSITY CENTRE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; MICROSPORUM CANIS; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ANIMALS; CATS; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DERMATOMYCOSES; DNA, FUNGAL; DOGS; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; GENOTYPE; HORSES; HUMANS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MICROSPORUM; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; VIRULENCE;

EID: 36148965178     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.47136-0     Document Type: Article

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