Molecular identification of Coccidioides spp. in soil samples from Brazil

BMC Microbiology

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  De Macêdo, Regina C L ^a,b   Rosado, Alexandre S ^b   Da Mota, Fabio F ^c   Cavalcante, Maria A S ^d,e   Eulálio, Kelsen D ^e   Filho, Antônio D ^e   Martins, Liline M S ^d,e   Lazéra, Márcia S ^a   Wanke, Bodo ^a  

^a Funda??o Oswaldo Cruz   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DO PIAUÍ   (Brazil)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PIAUÍ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BRAZIL; COCCIDIOIDES; COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; EPIDEMIC; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; INOCULATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOIL ANALYSIS; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOLOGY; MYCOSIS; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; ARMADILLO; COCCIDIOIDES; COCCIDIOIDES POSADASII; MUS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENTATION; ANIMALS; BRAZIL; COCCIDIOIDES; MICE; MYCOLOGY; MYCOSES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 79955881277     PISSN: 14712180     EISSN: 14712180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-11-108     Document Type: Article

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