Utility of a microsatellite assay for identifying clonally related outbreak isolates of Aspergillus fumigatus

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 252-256

  Balajee, S Arunmozhi ^a   de Valk, Hanneke A ^b   Lasker, Brent A ^a   Meis, Jacques F G M ^b   Klaassen, Corné H W ^b  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b CANISIUS WILHELMINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aspergillus fumigatus; Cluster; Epidemiology; Fingerprinting; Microsatellite; Outbreak; Short tandem repeat; Typing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GENE CLUSTER; GENE LOCUS; GENOTYPE; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT;

ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS;

EID: 43049148276     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2008.02.011     Document Type: Article

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