Molecular epidemiology and virulence assessment of Aspergillus fumigatus isolates from white stork chicks and their environment

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 148, Issue 2-4, 2011, Pages 348-355

  Olias, Philipp ^a   Gruber, Achim D ^a   Hafez, Hafez M ^a   Lierz, Michael ^a,c   Slesiona, Silvia ^b   Brock, Matthias ^b   Jacobsen, Ilse D ^b  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b HANS KNÖLL INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^c JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aspergillosis; Epidemiology; Genotyping; Pathogenicity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BREEDING; CHICKEN; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EGG; EMBRYO; FUNGAL GENOME; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GERMANY; MATING TYPE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NONHUMAN;

ANIMALS; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BIRDS; CHICKENS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, FUNGAL; ENVIRONMENT; GENES, MATING TYPE, FUNGAL; GENOTYPE; GERMANY; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; VIRULENCE;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; AVES; CICONIA CICONIA; CICONIIDAE;

EID: 79951576552     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2010.08.029     Document Type: Article

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