Microsatellite typing of clinical and environmental Cryptococcus neoformans var. grubii isolates from Cuba shows multiple genetic lineages

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Illnait Zaragozi, Maria Teresa ^a   Martínez Machín, Gerardo F ^a   Fernández Andreu, Carlos M ^a   Boekhout, Teun ^b   Meis, Jacques F ^c   Klaassen, Corné H W ^c  

^a INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA TROPICAL PEDRO KOURÍ   (Cuba)

^b CBS KNAW FUNGAL BIODIVERSITY CENTRE   (Netherlands)

^c CANISIUS WILHELMINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; CUBA; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ENVIRONMENT; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC LINE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; MOLECULAR TYPING; NONHUMAN; PIGEON; AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY;

AVES; COLUMBA; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS VAR. GRUBII;

FUNGAL DNA; MICROSATELLITE DNA;

AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM ANALYSIS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; CUBA; DNA, FUNGAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, CAPILLARY; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

EID: 77949356608     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0009124     Document Type: Article

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