Molecular epidemiology of isolates of the Cryptococcus neoformans species complex from Spain

Revista Iberoamericana de Micologia

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 112-117

  Frasés, Susana ^a   Ferrer, Consuelo ^b   Sánchez, Manuel ^a   Colom Valiente, María Francisca ^a  

^a MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^b Instituto Oftalmológico de Alicante ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

Cryptococcosis; Molecular epidemiology; Spain

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; CYTOSINE; DNA 5S; GENOMIC DNA; GUANINE; OROTATE PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CORRELATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SPAIN; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; COLUMBIDAE; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; GENES, FUNGAL; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SPAIN;

ANIMALIA; FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS;

EID: 67650766950     PISSN: 11301406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1130-1406(09)70021-X     Document Type: Article

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