Evidence for genetic differentiation and variable recombination rates among Dutch populations of the opportunistic human pathogen Aspergillus fumigatus

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 57-70

  Klaassen, Corné H W ^a   Gibbons, John G ^b   Fedorova, Natalie D ^c   Meis, Jacques F ^a,d   Rokas, Antonis ^b  

^a CANISIUS WILHELMINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c J CRAIG VENTER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aspergillus fumigatus; azole resistance; fungi; microbial biology; molecular evolution; mutations; population genetics

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; TRIAZOLE DERIVATIVE;

ANTIFUNGAL RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; DRUG EFFECT; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NETHERLANDS; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; DRUG RESISTANCE, FUNGAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; NETHERLANDS; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; TRIAZOLES;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; FUNGI;

EID: 84155165400     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2011.05364.x     Document Type: Article

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