Screening of a large global Aspergillus fumigatus species complex collection by using a species-specific microsphere-based luminex assay

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 4171-4172

  Etienne, Kizee A ^a   Gade, Lalitha ^a   Lockhart, Shawn R ^a   Diekema, Daniel J ^b   Messer, Shawn A ^b   Pfaller, Michael A ^b   Arunmozhi Balajee, S ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROSPHERE;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; GENE PROBE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; DNA PROBES; DNA, FUNGAL; HUMANS; MICROSPHERES; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS;

EID: 71549168617     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01415-09     Document Type: Article

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