Detection of Coccidioides immitis in Kern County, California, by multiplex PCR

Mycologia

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 62-69

  Lauer, Antje ^a   Baal, Joe Darryl Hugo ^a   Baal, Jed Cyril Hugo ^a   Verma, Mona ^a   Chen, Jeffrey M ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coccidioidomycosis; Fungi; Multiplex PCR; Soil

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; CULTIVATION; DETECTION METHOD; ENDEMIC SPECIES; FUNGUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; LOAMY SAND; PATHOGENICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL MICROORGANISM;

ARTICLE; COCCIDIOIDES; COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEASON; UNITED STATES;

CALIFORNIA; COCCIDIOIDES; COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; HUMANS; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEASONS; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

BAJA CALIFORNIA [(STT) MEXICO]; CALIFORNIA; KERN COUNTY; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84863161822     PISSN: 00275514     EISSN: 15572536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3852/11-127     Document Type: Article

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