Genetic diversity among clinical Coccidioides spp. isolates in Arizona

Medical Mycology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 449-455

  Jewell, Kelsea ^a   Cheshier, Ronald ^a   Cage, Gary ^b  

^a ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES   (United States)

^b Ribomed Biotechnologies Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Arizona; Coccidioides; Coccidioidomycosis; Genetic variation; Microsatellite repeats

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; ARTICLE; CHILD; COCCIDIOIDES; COCCIDIOIDES IMMITIS; COCCIDIOIDES POSADASII; COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; FEMALE; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; ARIZONA; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COCCIDIOIDES; COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; DNA, FUNGAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VARIATION (GENETICS);

COCCIDIOIDES; COCCIDIOIDES POSADASII; PIMA; YUMA;

EID: 48249086516     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: 14602709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13693780801961337     Document Type: Article

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