Microsatellite typing identifies the major clades of the human pathogen Candida albicans

Infection, Genetics and Evolution

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 697-702

  Chávez Galarza, Julio ^b   Pais, Célia ^a   Sampaio, Paula ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE TRUJILLO   (Peru)

Author keywords

Ca3; CAI; Candida albicans clades; CEF3; MLP; MLST

Indexed keywords

ANGOLA; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CLADISTICS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGAL STRAIN; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; MADAGASCAR; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ALLELES; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, FUNGAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

CANDIDA ALBICANS;

EID: 77953230107     PISSN: 15671348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2010.03.007     Document Type: Article

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