Low genetic diversity of Pneumocystis jirovecii among Cuban population based on two-locus mitochondrial typing

Medical Mycology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 417-420

  De Armas, Yaxsier ^a   Friaza, Vicente ^b   Capó, Virginia ^a   Durand Joly, Isabelle ^c   Govín, Anamays ^a   De La Horra, Carmen ^b   Dei Cas, Eduardo ^c   Calderón, Enrique J ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA TROPICAL PEDRO KOURÍ   (Cuba)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DEL ROCÍO   (Spain)

^c UNIV LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Genotypes; Pneumocystis

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CUBA; FEMALE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; LUNG LAVAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITOCHONDRIAL GENE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECI; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; POPULATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SPAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CUBA; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FEMALE; FRANCE; GENES, RRNA; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECII; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCYSTIS; SPAIN; YOUNG ADULT;

PNEUMOCYSTIS; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECII;

EID: 84859744986     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: 14602709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13693786.2011.607474     Document Type: Article

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