Elucidation of distribution patterns and possible infection routes of the neurotropic black yeast Exophiala dermatitidis using AFLP

Fungal Biology

Volumn 115, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1051-1065

  Sudhadham, Montarop ^a,b   Gerrits Van Den Ende, A H G ^a   Sihanonth, P ^c   Sivichai, S ^d   Chaiyarat, R ^e   Menken, S B J ^b   Van Belkum, A ^f   De Hoog, G S ^a,b  

^a CBS KNAW FUNGAL BIODIVERSITY CENTRE   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^d NATIONAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT AGENCY   (Thailand)

^e Mahidol University   (Thailand)

^f ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

AFLP; Black yeasts; Infection; Neurotropism

Indexed keywords

BAT; BIRD; BRAIN; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISORDER; DISPERSION; FUNGAL DISEASE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; NICHE; PUBLIC HEALTH; TRANSLOCATION; URBAN AREA; YEAST;

AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EXOPHIALA; FRUIT; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PHAEOHYPHOMYCOSIS; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; THAILAND;

AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM ANALYSIS; ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; EXOPHIALA; FRUIT; HUMANS; PHAEOHYPHOMYCOSIS; PHYLOGENY; THAILAND;

THAILAND;

AVES; CHAETOTHYRIALES; EXOPHIALA; EXOPHIALA DERMATITIDIS; FUNGI;

EID: 79952333381     PISSN: 18786146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.funbio.2010.07.004     Document Type: Article

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