Interlaboratory reproducibility of a single-locus sequence-based method for strain typing of Aspergillus fumigatus

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1562-1564

  Hurst, S F ^a   Kidd, S E ^b   Morrissey, C O ^b   Snelders, E ^c   Melchers, W J G ^c   Castelli, M V ^d   Mellado, E ^d   Simmon, K ^e   Petti, C A ^e   Richardson, S ^f   Zhang, S ^f   Romanelli, A M ^g   Wickes, B L ^g   De Valk, H A ^h   Klaassen, C H W ^h   Arunmozhi Balajee, S ^a  

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

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^e ARUP LABORATORIES   (United States)

^f ONTARIO MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND LONG TERM CARE   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^h CANISIUS WILHELMINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA TUBULIN; CELL SURFACE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA SEQUENCE; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; DNA, FUNGAL; GENOTYPE; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS;

EID: 66149117086     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00124-09     Document Type: Article

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