Molecular characterization of Histoplasma capsulatum isolated from an outbreak in treasure hunters Histoplasma capsulatum in treasure hunters

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Muñoz, Bertha ^a   Martínez, María T ^b   Palma, Gabriel ^a   Ramírez, Amado ^a   Frías, María G ^c   Reyes, María R ^c   Taylor, María L ^c   Higuera, Anjarath L ^d   Corcho, Alexander ^d   Manjarrez, María E ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ENFERMEDADES RESPIRATORIAS   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^d Seccion XVI   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; FUNGAL DNA;

ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HISTOPLASMA CAPSULATUM; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGICAL TECHNIQUE; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LUNG PARENCHYMA; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; SCHOOL CHILD; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; EPIDEMIC; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HISTOPLASMA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LUNG MYCOSIS; MEXICO; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY;

ADULT; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, FUNGAL; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HISTOPLASMA; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES, FUNGAL; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE;

EID: 77957168167     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-10-264     Document Type: Article

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