Utility of CSP typing to sub-type clinical Aspergillus fumigatus isolates and proposal for a new CSP type nomenclature

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 292-296

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

^a CANISIUS WILHELMINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

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

Author keywords

Aspergillus fumigatus; Epidemiology; Microsatellites; Population; Sequence based typing; Sub typing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HUMAN; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; NETHERLANDS; NOMENCLATURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STANDARDIZATION; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, FUNGAL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; NETHERLANDS; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TANDEM REPEAT SEQUENCES;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS;

EID: 67349093291     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2009.03.004     Document Type: Article

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