A limited number of ITS haplotypes defines the diversity of Pneumocystis jirovecii strains in Sweden

Infection, Genetics and Evolution

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 948-954

  Beser, Jessica ^a,b   Botero Kleiven, Silvia ^a   Lebbad, Marianne ^a   Hagblom, Per ^a   Fernandez, Victor ^a  

^a SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Genotyping; ITS internal transcribed spacer; PCP pneumocystis pneumonia

Indexed keywords

INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER 1; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER 2; RIBOSOME DNA;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; FUNGAL STRAIN; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENEALOGY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECI; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWEDEN;

DNA, INTERGENIC; HAPLOTYPES; PHYLOGENY; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECII; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCYSTIS; SWEDEN;

FUNGI; PNEUMOCYSTIS; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECII;

EID: 79956332370     PISSN: 15671348     EISSN: 15677257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2011.03.004     Document Type: Article

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