Development of a rapid, cost-effective TaqMan real-time PCR assay for identification and differentiation of coccidioides immitis and coccidioides posadasii

Medical Mycology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 466-469

  Sheff, Kelly W ^a   York, Emily R ^a   Driebe, Elizabeth M ^a   Barker, Bridget M ^b   Rounsley, Steven D ^b   Waddell, Victor G ^c   Beckstrom Sternberg, Stephen M ^d   Beckstrom Sternberg, James S ^d   Keim, Paul S ^a,d   Engelthaler, David M ^a  

^a TRANSLATIONAL GENOMICS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES   (United States)

^d NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coccidioides; Coccidioidomycosis; Epidemiology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COCCIDIOIDES IMMITIS; COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CROSS REACTION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENOMICS; NONHUMAN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

COCCIDIOIDES; COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TIME FACTORS;

COCCIDIOIDES; COCCIDIOIDES IMMITIS; COCCIDIOIDES POSADASII;

EID: 77950556060     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: 14602709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13693780903218990     Document Type: Article

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