Prevalence of specific and phylogenetically closely related genotypes in the population of Candida albicans associated with genital candidiasis in China

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 86-93

  Ge, Shu Hua ^a,b   Xie, Jing ^a,b   Xu, Jianping ^a,c   Li, Juan ^a,d   Li, Dong Ming ^e   Zong, Li Li ^f   Zheng, Yue Chen ^g   Bai, Feng Yan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^e PEKING UNIVERSITY THIRD HOSPITAL   (China)

^f Southern Medical University   (China)

^g UNION HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Candida albicans; Microsatellite typing; MLST; Phylogeny; Vulvovaginal candidiasis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BALANITIS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CHINA; CHINESE; CLADISTICS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIPLOID SEQUENCE TYPE; FEMALE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC DATABASE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; MOUTH; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; VAGINA; VAGINA CANDIDIASIS;

BALANITIS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS, VULVOVAGINAL; CHINA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PREVALENCE;

CANDIDA ALBICANS;

EID: 84856500183     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: 10960937     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2011.10.006     Document Type: Article

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