High resolution genotyping of clinical Aspergillus flavus isolates from India using microsatellites

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Rudramurthy, Shivaprakash M ^a   de Valk, Hanneke A ^b   Chakrabarti, Arunaloke ^a   Meis, Jacques F G M ^b   Klaassen, Corné H W ^b  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^b CANISIUS WILHELMINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL GENOME; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC CORRELATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; IMAGE QUALITY; INDIA; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; VIRUS GENOME;

ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; FUNGI;

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; GENOME, VIRAL; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INDIA; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

EID: 79251558123     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0016086     Document Type: Article

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