Whole Genome Sequence Typing to Investigate the Apophysomyces Outbreak following a Tornado in Joplin, Missouri, 2011

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Etienne, Kizee A ^a   Gillece, John ^b   Hilsabeck, Remy ^b   Schupp, Jim M ^b   Colman, Rebecca ^b   Lockhart, Shawn R ^a   Gade, Lalitha ^a   Thompson, Elizabeth H ^c   Sutton, Deanna A ^c   Neblett Fanfair, Robyn ^a   Park, Benjamin J ^a   Turabelidze, George ^d   Keim, Paul ^b   Brandt, Mary E ^a   Deak, Eszter ^a   Engelthaler, David M ^b  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b TRANSLATIONAL GENOMICS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c University of Texas Health Science Center   (United States)

^d MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SENIOR SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOPHYSOMYCES TRAPEZIFORMIS; APOPHYSOMYCES VARIABILIS; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; EPIDEMIC; FUNGAL GENOME; FUNGUS; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENOTYPE; MUCORMYCOSIS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TAXONOMY; TORNADO; WHOLE GENOME SEQUENCE TYPING;

DISASTERS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MISSOURI; MUCORALES; MUCORMYCOSIS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TORNADOES;

APOPHYSOMYCES;

EID: 84870276865     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0049989     Document Type: Article

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