Detection and phylogenetic analysis of Coccidioides posadasii in Arizona soil samples

Fungal Ecology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 163-176

  Barker, Bridget M ^a,b   Tabor, Joseph A ^a   Shubitz, Lisa F ^a,b   Perrill, Robert ^a,b   Orbach, Marc J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

BALB c mice; Coccidioides; Direct plating; Microsatellites; Nested PCR; Pathogen detection; Valley fever

Indexed keywords

COCCIDIOIDES; COCCIDIOIDES POSADASII; FUNGI; MUS; PIMA;

EID: 84857048699     PISSN: 17545048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.funeco.2011.07.010     Document Type: Article

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