Molecular typing of Aspergillus species

Mycoses

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 463-476

  De Valk, H A ^a   Klaassen, C H W ^a   Meis, J F G M ^a  

^a CANISIUS WILHELMINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aspergillus; Fingerprinting; Microsatellites; Outbreaks; Typing

Indexed keywords

ASPERGILLUS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR TYPING; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; REVIEW; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT;

ANIMALS; ASPERGILLUS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, FUNGAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; MYCOSES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; FUNGI;

EID: 53549086162     PISSN: 09337407     EISSN: 14390507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0507.2008.01538.x     Document Type: Review

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