Population genetic structure of clinical and environmental isolates of Blastomyces dermatitidis, Based on 27 Polymorphic Microsatellite Markers

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 5123-5131

  Meece, Jennifer K ^a   Anderson, Jennifer L ^a   Fisher, Matthew C ^b   Henk, Daniel A ^b   Sloss, Brian L ^c   Reed, Kurt D ^d  

^a MARSHFIELD CLINIC   (United States)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN STEVENS POINT   (United States)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRESENTATIONS; DATA SETS; ENVIRONMENTAL ISOLATES; ETIOLOGIC AGENTS; GENETIC GROUPS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOST-SPECIFICITY; MICROSATELLITE MARKERS; NEIGHBOR JOINING; NORTH AMERICAN; POPULATION GENETIC STRUCTURE; PRIMARY AXIS; PRINCIPAL COORDINATE ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY DISEASE;

GENES; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION;

DNA SEQUENCES;

FUNGAL DNA; MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ALLELE; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CRYPSIS; ETIOLOGY; FUNGUS; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM; POPULATION GENETICS; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; VIRULENCE;

ALLELE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLASTOMYCES; BLASTOMYCOSIS; CAT; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DOG; FUNGAL GENOME; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION GENETICS;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLASTOMYCES; BLASTOMYCOSIS; CATS; DNA, FUNGAL; DOGS; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOME, FUNGAL; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

NORTH AMERICA;

AJELLOMYCES DERMATITIDIS; FUNGI;

EID: 79961045262     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00258-11     Document Type: Article

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