Genotyping of Pneumocystis jirovecii isolates from Chinese HIV-infected patients based on nucleotide sequence variations in the internal transcribed spacer regions of rRNA genes

Medical Mycology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 108-112

  Li, Kai ^a,d   He, Ai ^a,b   Cai, Wei Ping ^c   Tang, Xiao Ping ^c   Zheng, Xiao Ying ^a,b   Li, Zhuo Ya ^a,b   Zhan, Xi Mei ^a,b  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Guangzhou Eighth People's Hospital   (China)

^d YUNNAN PROVINCIAL CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; HIV infection; Internal transcribed spacer; Molecular typing; Pneumocystis jirovecii

Indexed keywords

INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER 1; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER 2;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FUNGAL GENETICS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECI; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 84870878563     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: 14602709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13693786.2012.695458     Document Type: Article

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