Identification of Sporothix schenckii of various mtDNA types by Nested PCR Assay

Medical Mycology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 161-165

  Xu, Tian Hua ^a   Lin, Jun Ping ^a   Gao, Xing Hua ^a   Wei, Huachen ^b   Liao, Wanqing ^c   Chen, Hong Duo ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

MtDNA; Nested PCR; Sporothrix schenckii

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; RNA 18S; FUNGAL DNA; PRIMER DNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN BIOPSY; SPOROTHRIX SCHENCKII; SPOROTRICHOSIS; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; EVALUATION STUDY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RODENT DISEASE; SPOROTHRIX; VETERINARY;

ANIMALIA; CERATOCYSTIS; FUNGI; MUS; SPOROTHRIX SCHENCKII;

ANIMALS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; HUMANS; MICE; MYCOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; RODENT DISEASES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPOROTHRIX; SPOROTRICHOSIS;

EID: 74949123469     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: 14602709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13693780903117481     Document Type: Article

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